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Swati

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Swati’s Quotes

“Lead a life of wonder and not wondering”
― Smitha Murthy

tags: inspirational, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes

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“Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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“The more I work on happiness- the more I realize that you can’t seek happiness, you can’t find happiness- you simply have to remember to be happy.”
― Smitha Murthy

tags: happiness

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“If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart...”
― Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

tags: awakening, buddhism, mindfulness

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Around the World in 80 Books — 30753 members — last activity Dec 30, 2025 03:25AM
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Vayanashala — 2623 members — last activity 18 hours, 4 min ago
This group aims at bringing all the Keralites/Malayalis together and discussing the common interest which made us a part of this site--BOOKS.So join t ...more

Folded Word Fan Club — 44 members — last activity May 04, 2020 11:54PM
A place for readers with excellent taste to discuss (chap)books published by Folded Word and schmooze with its editors and authors. Imagine a string q ...more

The Mookse and the Gripes — 2094 members — last activity 6 hours, 54 min ago
Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more