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Neil Cochrane

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Neil’s Quotes

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

26434 likes

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: fantasy, humor, scifi

23479 likes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

16948 likes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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Neil’s Groups

Goodreads Librarians Group — 321021 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

GreatAce.Club — 510 members — last activity Mar 15, 2022 01:18AM
We started this club as an asexual theme reading group. Moved to delivering an ebook that featured an asexual characters and authors. Now we read what ...more

The Ink to Film Book Club — 202 members — last activity Apr 12, 2024 02:10PM
A group where people can chat about books that have been made or are being made into films/TV. Discussions of past, future, or potential adaptations w ...more