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“Oh, please. Everyone in this town always says that, like you have to be born here to understand things. I understand plenty. You're only as weird as you want to be.”
― First Frost
― First Frost
“I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.”
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“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”
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“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Tessa's Book Club
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— last activity Mar 06, 2020 06:10AM
Tessa's Book Club is a gathering of lit-inclined women. a place to talk about favorite reads and want-to-reads. ...more
Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
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Our next readathon will be October 17-18, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time on Saturday October 17th, and end Sunday October 18th at 8am E ...more
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