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“Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.”
― Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart

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“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
― George Washington Burnap, The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures

tags: happiness, inspirational, misattributed-to-chalmers, misattributed-to-joseph-addison, misattributed-to-kant, misattributed-tom-bodett, widely-misattributed

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“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
― Daphne du Maurier

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“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

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Around the World in 80 Books — 32008 members — last activity 15 hours, 20 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Book Haven — 11528 members — last activity Oct 20, 2026 08:33AM
This is a group for people who enjoy many different genre's. If you are someone who appreciates a good book, regardless of the genre...this is the gro ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 88427 members — last activity 13 hours, 48 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Afro Book Club — 821 members — last activity Oct 18, 2026 11:07AM
An international reading club appreciating books by authors of African descent in the continent and in the diaspora.

Caribbean Lit Lovers Unite [CLLU] — 91 members — last activity Jan 03, 2023 04:06PM
This is a place where readers, authors, bloggers from the Caribbean and wherever can connect and discuss books set on the islands.

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