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Lori Akinlade

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“We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance.”
― Wally Lamb, We Are Water

tags: adversity, destructive, flexible, human-nature, life, path, resistance, self-awareness, strong, willful

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“That's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

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“My mother didn’t believe in germs but I did. Germs are something they made up to distract people from what they should really be worried about, she said. Germs are natural. It’s the things people do you have to worry about.”
― Joyce Maynard, Labor Day

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“Maybe that's how it starts. You stumble upon something that helps you cope, fills a void. Makes you feel something different than what you currently feel. You know in the long run it probably won't be good for you, but you do it anyway. Tell yourself you can handle it.”
― Tracey Garvis-Graves, Covet

tags: love, lovers

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“That I’d been letting life act itself out on me when I should have been directing it.”
― Catherine McKenzie, Hidden

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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club — 17354 members — last activity May 26, 2026 05:49PM
You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 86768 members — last activity May 29, 2026 08:01AM
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

52 weeks, 52 books — 1382 members — last activity Sep 18, 2025 01:29AM
This year, we'll read a book a week - an eclectic mix of bestsellers, finds, and old favourites. With an emphasis on fiction but some non-fiction too. ...more

Make a book a bestseller — 946 members — last activity Dec 24, 2020 05:16AM
If a bunch of people can get Betty White to host Saturday Night Live seems like we can make a great book(s) a bestseller.