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The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.

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Mairead’s Quotes

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

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“We were like two performers in a play, but we were divided, we were not acting with one another. We had to endure it alone, we had to put up this show, this miserable, sham performance for the sake of all these people I did not know and did not want to see again.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: daphne-du-maurier, mrs-de-winter, rebecca, theatre

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“Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“If you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any result whatever, you've beaten them.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: 1984, george-orwell, politics, socialism, totalitarianism

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“there were lovely things in the world, lovely that didn't endure, and the lovelier for that... Nothing endures.”
― Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song

tags: beauty, scotland

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DIVERGENT FAN CLUB — 2088 members — last activity Nov 02, 2025 07:51PM
ONE CHOICE CAN TRANSFORM YOU! Do you love Divergent? If so then this is the club for you where you can talk to other Divergent fans like your self and ...more

Team Will Herondale — 17 members — last activity Jul 28, 2017 05:49AM
Hmm...the title is pretty self explanatory but anayway: Okay, those of you who like Will and prefer him over Jem, join. Those of you who really don't ...more

∞ that book nerd ∞ — 64 members — last activity Jun 03, 2015 09:51AM
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

Prideathon — 120 members — last activity Apr 10, 2019 01:27PM
Prideathon is a biannual readathon where we focus on promoting intersectional LGBTQIAP+ literature, primarily young adult.

yes! i'm a bookworm — 91 members — last activity May 15, 2019 03:24AM
just a group for all the book nerds out there (just like me) a space to share our thoughts and opinions about our favorite books and simply enjot bein ...more

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