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legally, I would have no choice but to give my home address to a man who murdered thirty-five women and escaped prison twice.
“A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us.
But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
― Oathbringer
But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fail, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.”
― Oathbringer
“Do try to focus.” “Well, I do try. I simply fail.”
― Rhythm of War
― Rhythm of War
“Every moment mortals died, by shipwreck and sword, by wild beasts and wild men, by illness, neglect, and age. It was their fate, Prometheus had told me, the story they all shared. No matter how vivid they were in life, no matter how brilliant, no matter the wonders they made, they came to dust and smoke. Meanwhile every petty and useless god would go on sucking down the bright air until the stars went dark.”
― Circe
― Circe
“That is one thing gods and mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Black women’s genius is so rarely recognized, much less understood. And when it is recognized and celebrated, it is often too late.”
― Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
― Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
Shine & Shadow
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— last activity 12 hours, 30 min ago
Welcome to Shine & Shadow. We are a group focused on monthly group reads and discussions. We have 3 group reads on a rotating monthly basis: 1 'Dark' ...more
The Feminist Readers' Network
— 1000 members
— last activity Feb 05, 2023 06:50AM
A space for people interested in and supportive of feminism, feminist literature, and feminist theory.
Our Shared Shelf
— 222798 members
— last activity Jul 15, 2026 06:48AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Prideathon
— 119 members
— last activity Apr 10, 2019 01:27PM
Prideathon is a biannual readathon where we focus on promoting intersectional LGBTQIAP+ literature, primarily young adult.
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