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Laura’s Quotes

“you cannot heal in the same environment that is poisoning you.”
― Sherrie Campbell, Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut

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“Moment of Insight: Survivors of family abuse live life with the heart of an orphan.”
― Sherrie Campbell, Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut

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“Moment of Insight: Overexplaining is a trauma response.”
― Sherrie Campbell, Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members: Tools to Maintain Boundaries, Deal with Criticism, and Heal from Shame After Ties Have Been Cut

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

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“Only a fool trips on what is behind them.”
― Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life

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HGW — 308 members — last activity 2 hours, 50 min ago
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Literary Darkness — 4796 members — last activity 5 hours, 47 min ago
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more

Reading the Detectives — 2332 members — last activity 30 minutes ago
Our group reads vintage British mysteries from the Golden Age and beyond. In 2025 and 2026 our challenge is Christie's Detectives: Poirot vs Marple. W ...more

Retro Reads — 632 members — last activity May 29, 2026 12:57PM
A buddy reading group for those interested in twentieth century books and authors. Our time period will be 1900-2000. Authors like M.M. Kaye, Elizabet ...more

Historical Mystery Lovers — 1597 members — last activity 3 hours, 27 min ago
""Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot." ~Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Abbey Grange) This group is dedicated to the discussion and sharing ...more

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