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Carmen’s Quotes

“I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

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“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: humor, taste

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“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: poetry

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Leafing Through With Friends — 21 members — last activity Jun 28, 2026 11:02AM
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Unapologetic Romance Readers — 1389 members — last activity Jan 16, 2025 08:52AM
❤️ Unfortunately the group has officially shut down. Thank you to everyone who joined us in this lovely journey for the last 8 years! Nenia & Maraya ...more

Romance & Erotica: Critical, Political, Unsafe and Adult — 362 members — last activity Jul 05, 2025 10:59AM
This is a place for adults maintained by adults without kindergarden teachers holding your hand. Conversations about all types of erotica and romanc ...more

Persuasion Buddy Read — 21 members — last activity Oct 25, 2015 09:03PM
Our buddy read of Jane Austen's Persuasion will be starting up on November 1, 2014. Jeannette, who will be leading our group, says: "Persuasion is Aus ...more

What's the Name of That Book??? — 121560 members — last activity 10 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

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