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“Hands are for other human hands to hold.”
― H is for Hawk
― H is for Hawk
“I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody;
I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life;
I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings; I'm just beginning myself, and I wouldn't mind a map;
I read because I have friends who don't, and young though they are, they're beginning to run out of material;
I read because every journey begins at the library, and it's time for me to start packing;
I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready.”
― Anonymously Yours
I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life;
I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings; I'm just beginning myself, and I wouldn't mind a map;
I read because I have friends who don't, and young though they are, they're beginning to run out of material;
I read because every journey begins at the library, and it's time for me to start packing;
I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready.”
― Anonymously Yours
“Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.”
― Two Boys Kissing
― Two Boys Kissing
“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
SLANZA Bookclub
— 206 members
— last activity Sep 29, 2021 09:24PM
This is a bookclub for members of the School Library Association of New Zealand. If you love to read (of course you do) then why not tell more people ...more
Turning Pages by Penguin Books NZ
— 266 members
— last activity Jun 24, 2021 06:16PM
Turning Pages is a Goodreads community for all things YA; A place for discussion, recommendations and reviews. We’ll have exclusive proofs of upcomi ...more
Kiwi Readers
— 246 members
— last activity Jun 16, 2020 06:17PM
Find out what people are reading in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The King's BookGang and BookMafia
— 1 member
— last activity Feb 10, 2014 01:41PM
This is the book enthusiasts club for members of the BookGang and BookMafia at King's High School, Dunedin, New Zealand. A place where you can discuss ...more
New Zealand Readers
— 103 members
— last activity Feb 27, 2020 08:25PM
Reading books from the library every week forever.
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