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Brenda’s Quotes

“I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.”
― Chaim Potok, The Chosen

tags: silence

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“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
― Saul Bellow, Herzog

tags: life

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“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
― Howard Nemerov

tags: humor, knowledge, literature, writing

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“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

tags: books, friendship

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“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.”
― George Sand, Correspondance, 1812-1876; Volume 5

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Fans of canadian authors and Canadian authors here on Goodreads: This is a group for fans and authors to meet and discuss their favorite canucks and t ...more

The Purple State Conspiracy — 210 members — last activity Jan 13, 2009 08:45AM
In our tumultuous times everyone has a theory as to why bad things happen to so many good people. Most of these conspiracies are wildly ridiculous and ...more

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My UNedited Life — 190 members — last activity Mar 09, 2009 08:40AM
Are you writing a book? Help is on the way. myuneditedlife.com is a website designed to provide free writing tips, publishing hints and promotional ad ...more

BOOKS THAT INSPIRE — 416 members — last activity Aug 30, 2023 08:54AM
This group is for those authors and readers to post their books that inspire, enlighten and enable individuals and society to enter into a new Golden ...more

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