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Philippa’s Quotes

“Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

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“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

(Keynote speech at Celebrating Inspiration luncheon with the WNBA's All-Decade Team, 2006)”
― Madeleine Albright

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“The color of truth is grey.”
― Andre Gide

tags: truth

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“Belief is the wound that knowledge heals.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling

tags: belief, knowledge

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“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
― Confucius

tags: books, learning, philosopher

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Philippa’s Groups

Unputdownables Book Club — 273 members — last activity Jun 25, 2015 01:37PM
Welcome! This is a place to continually hunt for books that are so good they are unputdownable! ALL ARE WELCOME: the group is for anyone who is on ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 31990 members — last activity 1 hour, 0 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

What's the Name of That Book??? — 122217 members — last activity 3 hours, 37 min ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more