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“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

tags: books

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“I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

tags: butter, honey, millionaires, tea

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“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
― Margaret Mitchell

tags: expectation, hope, life

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“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

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“I'm not close to him." He looked at me defiantly. "But he's put his whole life into this. He's no Freud or Jung or Pavlov or Watson, but he's doing something important and I respect his dedication - maybe even more because he's just an ordinary man trying to do a great man's work, while the great men are all busy making bombs.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

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Glens Falls (NY) Online Book Discussion Group — 257 members — last activity Sep 01, 2023 02:27AM
Welcome to this online book discussion group to which all are welcome. We are centered in the Glens Falls & Queensbury, NY, area, but we reach out to ...more

Terminalcoffee — 1732 members — last activity 12 hours, 53 min ago
A place to chat about anything that emerges. We're pretty relaxed, and our attitudes mostly are mild. Make friends. Be authentic. Get mad. Laugh. ...more

SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 42487 members — last activity 46 minutes ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more

Doctor Who: The Library of Carsus — 1160 members — last activity Mar 25, 2026 06:30PM
A group for fans of Doctor Who related books/audios/comics/etc: Target Novelizations, Virgin New Adventures, Virgin Missing Adventures, BBC Eighth Do ...more

Young Adult Fiction for Adults — 11151 members — last activity Apr 14, 2026 10:55AM
Whatever your age is, if you love reading young adult fiction, then I want to know what you are reading! Let's exchange ideas of good reads, nice idea ...more

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