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Elle ’s Quotes

“That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle

tags: freedom, life, prison

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“If you can sit in silence with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll never be and you need not waste time in trying.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle

tags: friends, silence

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“To reread a book is to read a different book. The reader is different. The meaning is different.”
― Johnny Rich, The Human Script

tags: books, meaning, reader, readers, reading, rereading

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“Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle

tags: life-and-death

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“There is no such thing as freedom on earth," he said. "Only different kinds of bondages. And comparative bondages. YOU think you are free now because you've escaped from a peculiarly unbreakable kind of bondage. But are you? You love me - THAT'S a bondage.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle

tags: bondage, escape, freedom, love

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Historical Romance — 7287 members — last activity Jan 08, 2026 02:29PM
A group for people who enjoy reading and discussing adult historical romance books. This group is not for regular fiction, historical fiction, non ...more

The book you like most — 48720 members — last activity 2 hours, 16 min ago
This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more

Adapting novels into films directed on Hollywood sets — 1992 members — last activity Jan 09, 2026 11:08AM
Hello, I have started the journey to adapt books, into a film. Our target is Hollywood. That is why I am offering the written story for those interest ...more