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“Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

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“Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you've been given the door with open.”
― Jelaluddin Rumi

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“At night, I open the window
and ask the moon to come
and press its face against mine.
Breathe into me.
Close the language-door
and open the love-window.
The moon won't use the door,
only the window.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings

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“Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Bernard Cornwall

tags: on-writing, readers-and-writers, writing, writing-craft

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“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

tags: lovers

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The IDK RP Group — 26 members — last activity Nov 07, 2012 06:02PM
Are you an RP addict? Well, this is the group for you. This is for people who love to RP and not have a specific topic. This group is also for the ran ...more

Book Buddy Group — 184 members — last activity Nov 03, 2019 09:41PM
Hello! This is a buddy read group for all sorts of readers! We will be reading mostly YA fantasy and sci-fi but we will definitely be branching out if ...more

Mysterious Unknown — 44 members — last activity Sep 19, 2025 01:53AM
Fans of the Unknown. Futurology, weird science, consciousness research, alternative history, cryptozoology, UFOs, and new-age absurdity.

Science Fiction / Fantasy Writers - all F&SF writers at all levels — 56 members — last activity Sep 21, 2025 08:59AM
I thought Goodreads would have a dozen groups like this, but if it does, I sure can't find them. ...more