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“One can swiftly understand that for most moments of our lives, we have forgotten almost all of the world around us, except for what currently claims our interest.”
― Fool's Quest
― Fool's Quest
“When I was nine—before I grew up and became a scientist—I thought I knew everything, or at least I wanted to know everything, and in my mind there was no difference between the two. At”
― Leaving Time
― Leaving Time
“the child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things that never were. It is necessary that she believe. She must start out by believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“It was the rare souls full of hope who showed the world what could be done; and then came the thundering herds, those doubters and naysayers who had once put up barriers, now shoving everyone out of their way.”
― Sand
― Sand
“They are living, growing, reproducing, pushing and pulling in the ground all around us at all times. We accept that without even noticing. Open your eyes, people. This is amazing. If plants made sounds, it would all be different. But they communicate with color and shape and size and texture. They don’t meow or bark or tweet. We think they don’t have eyes, but they see the angle of the sun and the rise of the moon. They don’t just feel the wind; they change directions because of it.”
― Counting by 7s
― Counting by 7s
The World of Shannon Hale
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Welcome to the JV Book Club! This reading group is by the fans/for the fans of the JV Club podcast but you don't have to be a listener to join, you ju ...more
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Love reading YA? Us too. This is a new Young Adult book club started by the band of book lovers who are also the Amazon Book Review editors. Join us t ...more
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