“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”
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Delicious Ambiguity.”
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“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
The Unnamed Book Club
— 25 members
— last activity Jun 27, 2020 10:33PM
A book club that is intended to be for fun. We will pick books on a monthly basis (still up for discussion), and then discuss them at the specified da ...more
Esther’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Esther’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Science fiction, Self help, and Young-adult
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