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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

tags: death, life

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: change, education

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For Love of a Book — 6506 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
This group was created to connect lovers of stories across the internet with their characters and plotlines, dreams and recommendations. Bibliophiles ...more

Turn of a Page — 3174 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

A Million More Pages — 2125 members — last activity 13 minutes ago
Welcome! A Million More Pages (AMMP) is a reading group built around challenge-based reading, hosting seasonal challenges that encourage exploration, ...more

Game Night — 1132 members — last activity 29 minutes ago
We host team and individual reading games based on board games, game shows, dice games & all things fun! Choose one game or play them all... It's up ...more