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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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“I was thinking that if what distinguishes us as humans is our stupidity, what may redeem us is our grace.”
― Earl Lovelace

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“You’ve got to empathize, not sympathize. Take that loose thread. Start to pull. Let the whole thing unravel. Let’s start making something stronger. More beautiful.”
― Alan Graham, Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home

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

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Retro Reads — 618 members — last activity 17 hours, 51 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 — 307667 members — last activity 1 minute 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? — 330 members — last activity Dec 18, 2025 03:46PM
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 — 1841 members — last activity Jan 10, 2026 05:49PM
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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