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“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. ”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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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
“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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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
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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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