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Brian’s Quotes

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

tags: lord-of-the-rings, sam-gamgee

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“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: books, reading, we-are-what-we-eat, we-are-what-we-read, you-are-what-you-eat, you-are-what-you-read

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“If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: artistic, goals, life

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Brian’s Groups

The Sword and Laser — 21663 members — last activity 1 hour, 29 min ago
Online discussion forum for the Sword and Laser podcast and monthly book club pick. Subscribe to the audio podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podca ...more

Mathematics Students — 569 members — last activity Aug 11, 2022 03:15AM
This group is for people interested in mathematics at the college level. All are welcome. Professor and students never stop learning mathematics, henc ...more

Fantasy Buddy Reads — 10483 members — last activity 49 minutes ago
For readers of fantasy who are looking to find a partner or small group to read and discuss with! We run several fun ongoing challenges and discussion ...more

The Incomparable Book Club — 1292 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 02:57PM
The Book Club of the podcast "The Incomparable." Jason Snell talks about geeky pop culture with a rotating panel of regular guests! http://www.theinco ...more