“People are their most beautiful when they are laughing, crying, dancing, playing, telling the truth, and being chased in a fun way.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“We aren’t the things we collect, acquire, read. We are, for as long as we are here, only love. The things we loved. The people we loved. And these, I think these really do live on”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“We all have stories, just as you do. Ways in which he touched us, helped us, gave us money, sold it to us wholesale. Lots of stories, big and small. They all add up. Over a lifetime it all adds up. That's why we're here, William. We're a a part of him, who he is, just as he is a part of us. You still don't understand, do you?"
I didn't. But as I stared at the man and he stared back at me, in my father's dream I remembered where we'd met before.
"And what did my father do for you?" I asked him, and the old man smiled.
"He made me laugh," he said.”
― Big Fish
I didn't. But as I stared at the man and he stared back at me, in my father's dream I remembered where we'd met before.
"And what did my father do for you?" I asked him, and the old man smiled.
"He made me laugh," he said.”
― Big Fish
“It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book.”
― Sundays at Tiffany's
― Sundays at Tiffany's
The Open Book Club
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— last activity Mar 28, 2014 11:12PM
Come join my book club! Everyone!! If you love to READ; come and join/like my facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/brookeopenbookclub
Traveling Book #2
— 32 members
— last activity Sep 24, 2019 10:29AM
For those who did not participate in the first traveling book basically I will be selecting a book soon to travel around the United States along with ...more
Traveling Book #1 2012
— 24 members
— last activity Nov 16, 2015 08:29AM
The idea is to read a book and send it to other people around the world leaving comments and your name/location inside the book. For leaving comments ...more
September 2012: Book for the Month
— 41 members
— last activity Oct 26, 2012 04:00PM
For this month we will be reading, "The Light Between Oceans," by: M.L. Stedman. While reading through the book think of questions you want to ask p ...more
October 2012: book of the month
— 21 members
— last activity Dec 28, 2012 09:25AM
We will be reading and discussing the book, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society". ...more
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