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“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
― Voltaire, Traité sur la tolérance, à l'occasion de la mort de Jean Calas

tags: freedom-of-thought, independence-of-thought, thinking, tolerance, voltaire

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“Much of the atrocities that are committed towards Arab women occur partly because the victim does not know that she has a basic right for her body to be hers, for her privacy to be respected and for her education to be a necessity not a privilege she receives if it is financially possible after her brother has been educated.”
― Aysha Taryam

tags: arab-woman, arab-women, child-marriage, childhood-abuse, female-empowerment, female-liberation, feminismsm, feminist, gender-equality, gender-inequality, gender-studies, rape, rape-culture, women-s-rights

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“It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

tags: books, home, library

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“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

tags: friendship

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“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever.”
― Alfred Tennyson

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so you like YA?! — 1215 members — last activity Nov 25, 2023 07:39AM
This group is just for fun, a place all Young Adult book lovers young and old can come and talk about their passion for reading!

المثقف العربي — 3983 members — last activity Oct 13, 2026 12:25AM
المثقف العربي: منصة للنقاش النقدي الجاد وتطوير الوعي الفكري. تأسست هذه المجموعة لخدمة الأهداف الرئيسية للمجتمع القرائي: 1. الهدف المعرفي (القيمة المُض ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 31984 members — last activity 40 minutes ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Historical Mystery Lovers — 1626 members — last activity 6 hours, 27 min ago
""Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot." ~Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Abbey Grange) This group is dedicated to the discussion and sharing ...more

Historical Fiction Readers — 1630 members — last activity Oct 11, 2026 04:15PM
This group is for readers of Historical Fiction and History from across all genres, eras, and time periods.

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