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Swati

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Swati’s Quotes

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
― Pema Chodron

tags: buddhism, shambhala

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“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
― Katherine Mansfield

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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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“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
― Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

tags: compassion

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“Be a lover of the world, it is the only way to survive in it.”
― Janosch

tags: love, meaning-of-life, world

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Around the World in 80 Books — 30765 members — last activity 1 hour, 33 min ago
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 Dec 31, 2025 06:46AM
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 — 2095 members — last activity 1 hour, 25 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