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Paper hates water. It hates wind. And fire. Paper falls apart. There is no home safe enough for paper, did you know this? Sometimes my grandmother speaks like an oracle. I mess with the tape recorder settings, make sure the microphone will ...more
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J.R.R. Tolkien
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

Oscar Wilde
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

Robert Frost
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost

Winston S. Churchill
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
Winston S. Churchill

25x33 Red River Valley Reader's Club — 17 members — last activity Jul 03, 2013 11:07AM
Open to persons who live in the Red River Valley, for a view of our perspective, which is a far cry from the "Lists" that are out there. ...more
4862 Books on the Nightstand — 6091 members — last activity Oct 02, 2025 08:43PM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
30097 Paris TX Ladies Book Club — 36 members — last activity Aug 01, 2016 04:55PM
This Book Club is based off of the long standing Bas Bleu ladies book club based in Paris, Texas. Formed in 2000, there is quite a selection of good b ...more
60280 The Readers — 1003 members — last activity Oct 30, 2024 05:36AM
The Readers is a podcast by Simon Savidge of Savidge Reads and Thomas Otto of Hogglestock, they like to talk about books... alot!
141862 Maxey House Book Club — 22 members — last activity Oct 15, 2017 10:00AM
We're a group that meets in person every month, usually on the third Sunday of the month, at the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site in Paris, TX ...more
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