“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
― Different Seasons
― Different Seasons
“Ever try to hold a butterfly? It can't be done. You damage them," he said. 'As gentle as you try to be, you take the powder from their wings and they won't ever fly the same. It's kinder to let them go.”
― The Rose Garden
― The Rose Garden
“The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway - most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.”
― The First Phone Call from Heaven
― The First Phone Call from Heaven
“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
“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
— 43 members
— 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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