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wishlist‎ (31)
favorite-books‎ (26)
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Laura’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading, writing

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

tags: atheism, religion, skeptic

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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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Laura’s Groups

Canada Reads Read Along — 8 members — last activity Feb 08, 2021 04:26PM
Chat about the Canada Reads 2021 short list

Top Shelf Society — 68 members — last activity Aug 03, 2022 04:36PM
The Top Shelf Society is a book club hosted by six rising BookTubers who all have one thing in common--their love of "top shelf" reads! This is a book ...more

Zola Readalong | April 2021 — 21 members — last activity May 26, 2021 11:52AM
Join me in reading Émile Zola's 'Au Bonheur des Dames' (The Ladies' Delight/The Ladies' Paradise) throughout the month of April! Reading schedule: ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222856 members — last activity Aug 18, 2026 02:18PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub — 4574 members — last activity Jul 01, 2026 02:00PM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more

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