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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: fantasy

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“You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: adventuring, death, time

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“It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

tags: fantasy, fear, kvothe, man-s, name, patrick-rothfuss, wind, wise

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“My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

tags: books

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Pick-a-Shelf — 2451 members — last activity Oct 15, 2026 07:08PM
The purpose to this group is to challenge all you avid readers out there to expand your reading beyond your preferred genres. Who knows you may find s ...more

Book Lair — 273 members — last activity Sep 26, 2026 07:22PM
Welcome, bookworms! Book Lair is a place to discuss everything related to books. Many of our members love not only to read but also to post their r ...more

Did I Say Biscuits? I Meant Books — 51 members — last activity Dec 20, 2022 07:57AM
Looking for a new, low-commitment, 18+, genre-non-specific, online book club? Look no further. Let's be friends. This book club "meets" on the last ...more