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“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”
― Susan Sontag

tags: action, attention, concentration, connection, eagerness, inspiration, intelligence, observation, vitality

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“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life

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“But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.”
― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You

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“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer , Studies in Pessimism: The Essays

tags: psychology

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“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin

tags: books, reading

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Goodreads România — 3612 members — last activity 15 hours, 36 min ago
Salut, începe aici. Ai o carte pe care vrei s-o discuți cu alții? vezi ce cărți avem în bibliotecă și poți să îți găsești un partener de lectură. ...more

Haruki Murakami Book Group — 5902 members — last activity 16 hours, 50 min ago
Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more

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Bine ați venit în clubul de lectură Read-A-Thone Romania! ❤️️

readers advisory for all — 5716 members — last activity Mar 10, 2026 04:29AM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

The Next Best Book Club — 26112 members — last activity Apr 17, 2026 09:59AM
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

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