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Ryan’s Quotes

“Moonlit plum tree-
wait,
spring will come.”
― Matsuo Bashō, Lips Too Chilled

tags: moonlit, plum-tree, spring

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“Chrysanthemum
Silence - monk
Sips his morning tea.”
― Matsuo Bashō, Lips Too Chilled

tags: chrysanthemum, monk, morning, silence, tea

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“The laws of physics could be like an onion, with new laws becoming operational as we probe new scales. We simply don't know!”
― Richard Feynman

tags: physics

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“Come, let's go
Snow-viewing
Till we're buried.”
― Matsuo Bashō, Lips Too Chilled

tags: buried, let-s-go, snow-viewing

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“We need to live our experience as it is and with our eyes open. The universe is the way it is, whether we like it or not.”
― Lawrence M. Krauss, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

tags: experience, universe

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Ryan’s Groups

Wattpad - Teen Fic / YA Bookclub — 4 members — last activity May 31, 2017 05:09AM
A book club group created on Wattpad but open to everyone. We read young adult, teen and junior fiction spanning over a wide range of genres and sub-g ...more

Science and Inquiry — 4457 members — last activity Nov 19, 2025 12:44PM
This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 42620 members — last activity 1 hour, 5 min ago
This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2025 (or any other year). The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge ...more

Science and Natural History — 1139 members — last activity Sep 22, 2020 01:21PM
This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world. *** All books are chosen by group members *** ...more

Science, Philosophy and Skeptical reading. — 10 members — last activity May 06, 2017 02:07AM
A monthly reading book club for all books science, philosophy or sceptical. From Carl Sagan to David Hume to Richard Dawkins and beyond.

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