Claire Talbot

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Claire’s Quotes

“For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: inspirational, optimism

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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
― Albert Einstein

tags: science

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“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: closing-line, last-words, self-sacrifice

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“Books may well be the only true magic.”
― Alice Hoffman

tags: books

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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, mistakes

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Claire’s Groups

MCLS Reading Challenge — 131 members — last activity Jan 15, 2020 09:07AM
A group for staff of the Monroe County Library System to participate in the annual System Reading Challenge.

Goodreads Librarians Group — 347315 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

MCLS TeensLit — 74 members — last activity Sep 24, 2026 11:54AM
Books loved by teen services librarians in the Monroe County Library System that is in Rochester NY.

The Next Best Book Club — 26462 members — last activity Nov 01, 2026 07:46AM
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

Read With Jenna (Official) — 35394 members — last activity 40 minutes ago
When anyone on the TODAY team is looking for a book recommendation, there is only one person to turn to: Jenna Bush Hager. Jenna will select a book a ...more

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