Halsted Bernard

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Halsted’s Quotes

“You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on.”
― Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable

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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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“Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

tags: books, escape, reading

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“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
― Alan Watts

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“I don't want the whole world, I just want your half.”
― They Might Be Giants

tags: humor

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BANC book club — 3 members — last activity Aug 22, 2010 08:13PM
A group for BANC friends, and friends of BANC.

Micro.blog Friends — 6 members — last activity Dec 15, 2019 07:06PM
A group for users of https://micro.blog to discuss and share books. This group has no official affiliation with micro.blog, Manton Reece, etc.. It is ...more

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Virtual Writers — 2341 members — last activity May 13, 2026 08:55AM
Helping readers and writers connect. Virtual Writers is a popular online writers’ community committed to showcasing established and emerging writers ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26935 members — last activity May 16, 2026 09:52AM
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

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