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Why he singled me out for adoption from among the unwashed urchins of London I
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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.”
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“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.”
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“I love staring at my books for hours just trying to decide which book to read next. Doing that is almost as fun as actually reading them.”
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“You have never seen ugliness in a happy face.”
― The Belovéd Vagabond
― The Belovéd Vagabond
“I think my mother's talents deserve a little acknowledgement. I said so to her, as a matter of fact, and she replied in these memorable words: "My dear child, you can give it a long name if you like, but I'm an old-fashioned woman and I call it mother-wit, and it's so rare for a man to have it that if he does you write a book about him and call him Sherlock Holmes.”
― Clouds of Witness
― Clouds of Witness
The (Mostly) Dead Writers Society
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— last activity Dec 18, 2025 03:46PM
This group is for readers to discover (or rediscover) Mary Stewart novels. Feel free to join in the discussions and start a new thread as well.
Clean Reads
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This is a group for people who love to read a good book, but don't want to have to put it down one chapter in because of things that, if it were a mov ...more
Belles of the South
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— last activity Aug 05, 2016 03:56PM
This is a group for anyone, and not just the Southern States. If you are a female reader who like to think fancy every now and then, this is the group ...more
Ouida (Marie Louise De La Ramee)
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— last activity Oct 23, 2016 03:02PM
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