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“…just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.”
― Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows

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“I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.”
― Bohumil Hrabal

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“Inside the peach, there is a stone.”
― Margaret Atwood

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“I am a former child, and I haven't forgotten a thing.”
― Ursula Nordstrom, Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom

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“I'll not describe it to you. We children of the mid-century don't need a diagram to imagine such places. A hundred and fifty years ago, people became sentimental about lakes and forests. Today we have the lyricism of the prison cell. Hence, I'll leave it to you. You need add but a few details: the heat, the vertical sun, the flies, the sand, the lack of water.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

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Women's Classic Literature Enthusiasts — 1025 members — last activity Mar 24, 2026 03:09PM
This is a group for anyone interested in reading classical literature written by women.

Drop Everything And Read — 4395 members — last activity Mar 25, 2026 12:36PM
“Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask for anything in return; they never went away, never, n ...more

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more