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Bad Bad Girl

by Gish Jen (Goodreads Author)

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Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)

by Diana Wynne Jones

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Noor

by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)

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Jul 15, 2023 04:22AM

“Every room is painted a different color. As if there were one room for every separate mood: lacquer red for vehemence, pale turquoise for reveries, peach color for gentleness, green for repose, grey for work at the typewriter.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 1 1931-1934

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“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
― Gustav Flaubert

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“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt

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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible

tags: magic, science, technology, wonder

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“No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.”
― Isaac Babel, The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel

tags: writing

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For all those planning to read Infinite Jest this summer starting June 21. Support, encouragement and gentle pushes welcome.

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Welcome to the Beyond Reality SF&F discussion group on GoodReads. In Beyond Reality, each of our members may nominate one SF and one fantasy book per ...more

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