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“He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery...”
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
“It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
― Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
― Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
One Book Per Week: 2013
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Daily reading, whether a newspaper, essay, or novel, provides intellectual sustenance and strengthens our critical thinking, debate, and reasoning ski ...more
When I grow up I want to be a WRITER!
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— last activity Aug 08, 2009 10:31PM
When you were little did you want to be a novelist? Forget the whole idea of wanting to become a teacher, a doctor, an actress.....you could care less ...more
Amazon Kindle
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For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.
Short Story lovers
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For people who especially love short stories, and don't care who knows it! ...more
Dark Fiction
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Because we think that a great piece of dark fiction will blow your mind, we are a group for people who enjoy all forms of dark fiction. Lots of discus ...more
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