Leigh Hecking

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“This is why I love poetry, Zeke.” His voice was beside me now on the ground. “This is why I sing songs. Poetry is the opposite of philosophy. There is no truth other than poetic beauty. It sings of love and compassion, the birds singing in ...more

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Leigh’s Quotes

“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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“And so it goes...”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

tags: classics

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt

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Leigh’s Groups

The Sapphic Squad — 7125 members — last activity 5 hours, 2 min ago
A book group for reading sapphic books and connecting over our often-obscure favorites! At least for now we're predominantly-YA but adult recs are ALW ...more

YA Writers and Readers — 734 members — last activity Aug 27, 2025 11:11AM
Basically this group is just a place to read, recommend, and spend time talking about books. Involving a group book every month that we read and discu ...more

The YA Dystopian Book Club — 3044 members — last activity Mar 10, 2026 11:24PM
Do you enjoy YA Dystopia novels? Then, this is the place for you. We have monthly group reads, RaR's, challenges, fun games, and lots of discussions. ...more

Camp Aengus — 12 members — last activity Jun 02, 2018 10:22PM
You've heard of camp half blood have you? Well meet Camp Aengus, were people are demigods of instead of greek gods, people are demigods of The Irish, ...more

Top 5 Wednesday — 9761 members — last activity Apr 19, 2026 09:01AM
Welcome to the official group page of the T5W! This weekly book meme officiated in November 2013 and is still going strong! Join the group to become a ...more

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