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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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“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: action, community, daring, loneliness, purpose, youth

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

tags: calvin-and-hobbes, humor, life

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“Sanity is a cozy lie.”
― Susan Sontag

tags: sanity

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Goodreads România — 3550 members — last activity Jan 27, 2026 12:03PM
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 — 5866 members — last activity 6 hours, 10 min ago
Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more

Read-A-Thon Romania — 33 members — last activity Apr 26, 2019 10:31AM
Bine ați venit în clubul de lectură Read-A-Thone Romania! ❤️️

readers advisory for all — 5694 members — last activity Sep 13, 2025 11:35AM
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 — 25977 members — last activity Jan 29, 2026 06:14PM
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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