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“...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.”
― Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance

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“One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.”
― Jose Rizal

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“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.”
― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

tags: books, imagination, inspiration

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“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

tags: books

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“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: prejudice, pride, vanity

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Around the World in Books — 291 members — last activity Jan 23, 2025 10:15AM
This is a book club for people who would like to read a book about a different part of the world each month. The goal is to see how many countries we ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 31984 members — last activity 6 hours, 10 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

The History Book Club — 26580 members — last activity Oct 14, 2026 11:51AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more