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“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.”
― Anthony Bourdain

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“Dublin is extraordinarily beautiful to her in wet weather, the way gray stone darkens to black, and rain moves over the grass and whispers on slick roof tiles. Raincoats glistening in the undersea color of street lamps. Rain silver as loose change in the glare of traffic.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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“No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....”
― Alexander Trocchi

tags: words, writing

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“Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed—remember you can go anywhere.”
― Joanna Lumley

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“I dream too much and I don’t write enough and I’m trying to find god everywhere.”
― Anis Mojgani

tags: dream, god, write

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Retro Reads — 608 members — last activity 4 hours, 1 min ago
A buddy reading group for those interested in twentieth century books and authors. From 2023 our time period will be 1900-1980. Authors like M.M. Kaye ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 300800 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Supernatural Fiction of the 70s & 80s — 42 members — last activity Feb 06, 2018 10:19AM
This group is designed to foster discussion of supernatural horror and dark fantasy books and short stories that were written in the 1970s & 1980s. Th ...more

Madam, want to talk about author Mary Stewart? — 331 members — last activity Nov 02, 2025 03:26PM
This group is for readers to discover (or rediscover) Mary Stewart novels. Feel free to join in the discussions and start a new thread as well.

The Evolution of Science Fiction — 1825 members — last activity Nov 21, 2025 09:36AM
We read Science Fiction from all ages, rotating group reads from Proto SF to the latest, & all authors from Abbott to Zelazny. ...more

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