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Not Quite Dead Yet

by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author)

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Gail’s Quotes

“Really, being a librarian is a much more dangerous job than you realize.”
― Libba Bray, Beauty Queens

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“Remember, the center of a woman is her uterus. Her crazy, crazy uterus.”
― Therese Oneill, Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

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“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.”
― Anne Rice, The Witching Hour

tags: aliteracy, bibliophiles, book-lovers, willful-ignorance, zealotry

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“You have forgotten, though it is unlikely that you ever knew, why you were sent to Vietnam to fight. You have forgotten, if you ever even though about it, that Vietnam is the country of the Vietnamese , not the country of Americans.”
― Richard Hammer, One Morning in the War: The Tragedy at Son My

tags: vietnam-veterans, vietnam-war, war

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“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
― Brian Andreas, Story People

tags: inspiration, love, story-people

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Best Teen Books — 2819 members — last activity Oct 07, 2026 04:47PM
A group for librarians, teens, or other folks who enjoy the best of teen fiction, non-fiction, or graphic novels.

Newbery Books — 408 members — last activity Sep 26, 2013 02:37PM
A group for those of us who love children's literature, especially books that have been given a John Newbery Award for distinguished contributions to ...more

Books I Loathed — 1960 members — last activity Jul 05, 2026 05:52AM
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more

Young Adult Fiction for Adults — 11313 members — last activity Oct 05, 2026 05:14AM
Whatever your age is, if you love reading young adult fiction, then I want to know what you are reading! Let's exchange ideas of good reads, nice idea ...more

Tudor History Lovers — 3152 members — last activity 3 hours, 20 min ago
Anyone who enjoys historical fiction or history books about Tudor England will like this group. Whether you have been all the way to England just to t ...more

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