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Rebecca

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Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

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A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing.

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Four Squares

by Bobby Finger

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Rebecca’s Quotes

“It is like having a book out from the library.
It is like constantly having a book out from the library.”
― Lorrie Moore, Self-Help

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“The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

tags: meaning, purpose

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“I'll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don't choose. We'll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that didn't carry us. There's nothing to do but salute it from the shore.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

tags: choices, life

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“I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable about this," he says.

Say: "Hey. I am a very cool person. I am tough." Show him your bicep.”
― Lorrie Moore, Self-Help

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“It was like the classic scene in the movies where one lover is on the train and one is on the platform and the train starts to pull away, and the lover on the platform begins to trot along and then jog and then sprint and then gives up altogether as the train speeds irrevocably off. Except in this case I was all the parts: I was the lover on the platform, I was the lover on the train. And I was also the train.”
― Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs

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Books on the Nightstand — 6099 members — last activity May 02, 2026 10:35AM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

The Rory Gilmore Book Club — 23616 members — last activity Apr 30, 2026 06:33PM
Reading is sexy! This group is for fans of literature and the Gilmore Girls. Join us for some witty banter, numerous pop culture references, and enlig ...more

Around the USA in 52 Books — 96 members — last activity Feb 26, 2017 08:51AM
50 states, plus DC, plus one week for a road trip, train trip, or hike. Open to everyone, not just people living in the USA.

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 86493 members — last activity 12 hours, 4 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Capitolina — 27 members — last activity Apr 26, 2014 12:40PM
A Capitolina é uma revista online independente para garotas adolescentes. www.revistacapitolina.com.br

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