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“I’ve been smoking a lot
and starting to doubt
if I’m breathing you in
or smoking you out.”
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and starting to doubt
if I’m breathing you in
or smoking you out.”
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“Left alone, I was passive; repulsed, I withdrew; forgotten — my lips would not utter, nor my eyes dart a reminder.”
― Villette
― Villette
“Weeds and wheat cannot grow peacefully together. Any gardener could tell you the same thing.”
― Chocolat
― Chocolat
“Happiness is the cure—a cheerful mind the preventive: cultivate both." No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure.”
― Villette
― Villette
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
Folklore & Fairytales
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— last activity Feb 06, 2026 01:12AM
For everyone who is interested in folklore and fairytales, either as a reader/hearer, writer/storyteller, or researcher.
Victorians!
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Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more
The Gothic Poets Society
— 404 members
— last activity Dec 31, 2024 07:03PM
Wits, Words & Spirits! Who Are We? We are a group of like minded individuals who haunt dark halls and cemeteries, armed with pens, books and black li ...more
The Gothic Trim
— 91 members
— last activity Jun 18, 2019 06:46AM
Attic dwelling invalids, spinster relatives, the catty sniping rivals.... Those pesky ancestors who just won't leave that one-lit-window house? The ...more
Into the Forest
— 2152 members
— last activity 22 hours, 48 min ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more
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