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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)

by Suzanne Collins

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A Face Like Glass

by Frances Hardinge

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The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self

by Julia Cameron

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Esther’s Quotes

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

tags: compassion, life, suffering

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“Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: wallflower

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“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

tags: inspirational

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“Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

tags: courage, inspirational, strength

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Books With Friends — 1098 members — last activity Dec 09, 2021 05:32AM
📖✨A monthly YA book club hosted by Books With Chloe and Common Spence!

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Literally Dead Book Club — 16510 members — last activity Oct 28, 2025 02:19PM
A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 84785 members — last activity Dec 21, 2025 10:52PM
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

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celebrating literature, authors, and the literary community, curated by Emma Roberts & Karah Preiss ...more

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