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Meg Gramer

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“to live in this world

you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume One

tags: excerpt-from-in-blackwater-woods, poem, poetry

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

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“What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding an hour. I doubt that an instant of blinding pain feels particularly instantaneous.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

tags: thoughts, truth

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: learning, mentoring, parenting, teacher

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Did I Say Biscuits? I Meant Books — 52 members — last activity Dec 20, 2022 07:57AM
Looking for a new, low-commitment, 18+, genre-non-specific, online book club? Look no further. Let's be friends. This book club "meets" on the last ...more

Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine — 173684 members — last activity 5 hours, 24 min ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more

High School English Teachers — 717 members — last activity Oct 30, 2024 02:06PM
A group for high school English teachers to talk about books they love reading, and books they love teaching

book addicts <33 — 183 members — last activity May 26, 2025 01:04PM
join if you look books, music and coffee ...more

Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) — 16038 members — last activity 7 hours, 45 min ago
The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more

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