Halsted Bernard

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Halsted’s Quotes

“It’s lovely when writers I like like each other.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

tags: writers

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“We are not men. We are women. We feel more deeply, express our emotions more frequently, and get moody monthly. It’s normal. It’s nature’s way. And we don’t necessarily have to medicate away the essence of who we are to make others more comfortable.”
― Julie Holland, Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, The Sleep You're Missing, The Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy

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“Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water. And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home, and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last two percent; but nothing is infinite, not even loss. You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day you are going to find yourself again.”
― Finn Butler

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“She was forty-five minutes late to work that day, but she had toast for breakfast. Goddamnit.”
― Cory Doctorow, Radicalized: Four Tales of Our Present Moment

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“It’s always seemed to me—and as I get older, I feel this even more intensely—that kindness to other people comes with its own reward. It can be immediately felt. And the only thing I can see that a belief in divinity makes possible in this world is a right toward cruelty—the belief in an afterlife being the real life … not here. People need a sense of righteousness to take things from others … to carry out violence. Divinity gives them that. It creates the reins for cruelty …”
― Catherine Lacey, Pew

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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

Goodreads Librarians Group — 305763 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
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 — 2339 members — last activity Oct 07, 2025 02:30AM
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 — 26822 members — last activity 10 hours, 56 min ago
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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