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“We each carry our own designated end within us, our very own death ripening at its own rate inside of us. There are insignificant people who are harboring unawares the grandeur of large deaths. We carry it in us like a darkening fruit. It opens and spills out. That is death.”
― Rebecca Goldstein, Properties of Light: A Novel of Love, Betrayal, and Quantum Physics

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“I've got access to your mysterious body but not your mysterious soul. Souls seem to me the loneliest possibility of all.”
― Rebecca Goldstein, Properties of Light: A Novel of Love, Betrayal, and Quantum Physics

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“Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
― William Martin, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents

tags: admirable, advice, children, extraordinary, life, lives, ordinary

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“Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful, all of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows.

They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't Chosen, to live so near the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me.

I saw you last night, and I see you working here today. You're not special; you're extraordinary.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: buffy-the-vampire-slayer, extraordinary, inspirational, observation, ordinary, power, seeing, underdog

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Science and Inquiry — 4487 members — last activity 8 hours, 0 min ago
This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more

Star Trek Reads — 492 members — last activity Feb 01, 2026 11:31AM
Star Trek has spanned a lot of books since the first one in the 60s: 14+ series, 12 mini-series, ebook short stories, novelizations, comics... They al ...more

Arrangement and Description: Archivists At Large — 129 members — last activity May 15, 2023 05:21AM
Are you an archivist, special collections librarian, researcher or scholar? Do you spend your days poring through decaying newsprint, deciphering hand ...more