Diane Presta

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young-adult‎ (536)
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classics‎ (88)
favorites‎ (76)
horror‎ (75)
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read-in-2025‎ (53)
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Diane’s Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness

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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

42065 likes

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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Diane’s Groups

Best Teen Books — 2814 members — last activity Dec 27, 2025 09:23AM
A group for librarians, teens, or other folks who enjoy the best of teen fiction, non-fiction, or graphic novels.

Fantasy and Vampire Book Club — 2659 members — last activity Dec 29, 2025 08:34AM
This is a book club for lovers of anything vamptastic or fantasy-rific. But you wont just find that here, we try to cater for a wide variety of genres ...more

Challenge: 50 Books — 4302 members — last activity 7 hours, 29 min ago
This group is for people who want to be challenged to read 50 books in one year. Start the challenge by creating a post with the title of your chall ...more

THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — 6693 members — last activity 8 hours, 8 min ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more

Classics and the Western Canon — 4944 members — last activity 16 hours, 1 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more

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