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Laura’s Quotes

“Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”
― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

tags: cowardice, doubt, resolve, self-doubt

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“You were sick, but now you're well again, and there's work to do.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake

tags: recovery

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“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series

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“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

tags: wisdom

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What's the Name of That Book??? — 120961 members — last activity 20 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Sci-fi Women — 1676 members — last activity Jun 13, 2022 03:06PM
A discussion of women in literary science fiction.

The Lady Vaults — 276 members — last activity Sep 28, 2020 11:02AM
The Lady Vaults is our term for the works of women authors from before now science fiction and fantasy history. Often overlooked and brushed aside, we ...more