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“In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things.”
― Edna O'Brien, A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories

tags: comment, depth, emotion, inadequacy

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“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
― Jane Austen

tags: books, catherine, or-the-bower

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“If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

tags: life, story

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“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
― Jean Fritz

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Lectores Mexicanos — 7274 members — last activity 3 hours, 34 min ago
Un grupo de lectores Mexicanos y de lecturas de México. Para no sentirnos solos entre tanto anglicismo.

The Rainbow Rowell Fan Group — 3246 members — last activity Jun 10, 2021 04:50AM
CARRY ON is available as a paperback on 5/9! Order your copy today!

YA Spanish Reads — 7106 members — last activity Jun 19, 2026 12:04PM
Grupo de habla hispana en el cual podrás encontrar gente que ame tanto la lectura como tú. Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus!

221 b Baker street — 229 members — last activity Jun 28, 2020 07:22AM
Grupo para compartir nuestras lecturas, ya sean relatos o libros de misterio, miedo y terror. Entendiéndose por misterio el hecho o cosa cuya naturale ...more

The Rory Gilmore Book Club — 23699 members — last activity Jun 19, 2026 08:55AM
Reading is sexy! This group is for fans of literature and the Gilmore Girls. Join us for some witty banter, numerous pop culture references, and enlig ...more

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