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“Of all that we're asked to give others in this life, the most difficult to offer may be forgiveness.”
― William Kent Krueger, This Tender Land

tags: difficulties, forgive, forgiveness

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“Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.”
― Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier

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“Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.”
― Ana Monnar

tags: destiny, fate, life, worries, worry

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“If once we come to the point of doing away with the individual family as the pivotal element of our society, we should be faced with a social catastrophe compared with which the political upheaval of the French Revolution and the economic changes of Bolshevism are insignificant.”
― Bronisław Malinowski

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“There is something about picking up a book you've never seen before, reading the blurb on its back cover and knowing that you could possibly enter a whole new fascinating world if you took that book home. And in a bookshop or library, this possibility feels infinite.”
― Vivian Teo, My BFF Is an Alien

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American Westerns — 705 members — last activity May 31, 2026 04:37AM
The American Westerns group provides a forum for the appreciation and discussion of classic and current fiction of the Old West.

Philosophy — 5964 members — last activity Aug 09, 2026 08:32PM
What is Philosophy? Why is it important? How do you use it? This group looks at these questions and others: ethics, government, economics, skepticism, ...more

The History Book Club — 26488 members — last activity 2 hours, 3 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

Pulp Fiction — 1949 members — last activity Sep 07, 2026 10:39AM
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)

The Military History Group — 204 members — last activity Aug 10, 2026 08:41AM
Just a place for people to talk about Military History from various periods of time, and Military History books they've read. ...more

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