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Book cover for Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

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“There comes a time that people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression,”

Katie’s Quotes

“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: reading

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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading

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“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

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“To define is to limit.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: dandy, lord-henry-wotton, wilde

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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The Gilmore Girls Book Club: A Stars Hollow Community — 9639 members — last activity Jun 22, 2026 09:44AM
Welcome to The Gilmore Girls Book Club: A Stars Hollow Community — formerly known as The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, and now a little bigger, a li ...more

Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) — 16366 members — last activity 22 minutes ago
The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club — 28834 members — last activity 1 hour, 41 min ago
Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's ...more

Worlds Beyond the Margins — 2127 members — last activity 16 hours, 32 min ago
Celebrating Adult Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror books that promote diversity and inclusion. In all styles and formats: genre, literary, short stories, ...more