Joan

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“If people had true knowledge of the world perhaps they would not take up arms and so perhaps he could be an aggregator of information from distant places and then the world would be a more peaceful place. He had been perfectly serious. That illusion had lasted from age forty-nine to age sixty-five.”
― Paulette Jiles, News of the World

tags: information, knowledge, peace, war

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“The world was bigger and stranger than people thought, and things that were big and strange could also be fatal.”
― Mira Grant, Into the Drowning Deep

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“Nobody loves you quite like someone who's sorry.”
― Erika Swyler, The Book of Speculation

tags: relationships

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“The trouble with discovery is that it goes two ways. For you to find something, that thing must also find you.”
― Mira Grant, Into the Drowning Deep

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Joan’s Groups

SFF180 presents the Virga Readalong! — 64 members — last activity Aug 05, 2016 05:01PM
In which we all join together in a group read of Karl Schroeder's thrilling science fiction adventure saga, Virga. ...more

Amazon Kindle — 11678 members — last activity Jan 23, 2026 05:03AM
For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.

Books on the Nightstand — 6100 members — last activity Jan 20, 2026 08:19PM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

The Readers — 1002 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!

Year of Cosmere — 523 members — last activity Jan 01, 2023 10:18AM
Throughout 2015, we will be hosting read-a-longs for all of Brandon Sanderson's novels, novellas, and short stories that take place within his fiction ...more

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