Alexandra
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“Art is the reason I get up in the morning, but the definition ends there. It doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.”
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“I love my country, by which I mean I am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history, who have fought the government to make right. Where so many cunning sons and daughters, our foremothers and forefathers came singing through slaughter, came through hell and high water so that we could stand here, and behold breathlessly the sight; how a raging river of tears cut a grand canyon of light. Why can't all decent men and women call themselves feminists, out of respect for those that fought for this?”
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“Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.”
― Jacob's Room
― Jacob's Room
“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
Tonga
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— last activity Sep 05, 2016 01:13PM
Blah! The group bookshelf is a running experiment in sharing what books people have with them here in Tonga... you can tell the owner by looking at t ...more
Aussie Readers
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A group for all Australian Goodreads members (and those interested in Australia), no matter what they read!
¡ POETRY !
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— last activity Dec 24, 2025 01:37PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
Q & A with Emma Donoghue
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— last activity Feb 14, 2016 07:08PM
The winner of the 2010 Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction is answering questions about ROOM, the gripping story of a mother and son held captive in an ...more
Happy Bodies
— 23 members
— last activity Mar 13, 2013 03:13PM
This project began in early 2009 when Becky sent Jill began to talk about bodies. We wanted to talk about our own: what they look like, what they do, ...more
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