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The Brightest Star in the Sky

by Marian Keyes

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Long Walk to Freedom

by Nelson Mandela

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Tarquilla’s Quotes

“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”
― Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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SAILING 24/7 — 60 members — last activity Oct 28, 2019 11:02AM
Anyone who LOVES to sail, or simply read about it, whether from the days of Hornblower or Ted Turner, look no further than here!

Memoirs and Biographies We Love — 1362 members — last activity Jan 12, 2026 01:45PM
A place to share memoirs, biographies, autobiographies (and maybe even fiction-based-in-reality) that you have enjoyed!

Children's Books — 1116 members — last activity 17 hours, 44 min ago
From picture books and early readers, to chapter books and middle grade novels, the colorful world of children's books provides us with inspiration at ...more

Nurses Read — 154 members — last activity Oct 22, 2025 10:31AM
If you're a nurse, a student nurse, or a retired nurse, join our discussion of books important to nurses and the nursing profession. What books help y ...more