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Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)

by Austin Kleon (Goodreads Author)

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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You Are Here

by David Nicholls

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Emily’s Quotes

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a waste of wild air and brackish waters and the seaharvest of shells and tangle and veiled grey sunlight.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: change, grief, loss, revelation

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“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.”
― Jonathan Swift

tags: goverment-a-harted-at-its-self

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Beautiful Friends Book Club — 4 members — last activity Jul 07, 2013 02:17PM
The lovely Sarah had the idea of starting a book discussion group where we talk about the books we read over the summer, throughout our lives, etc. It ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222922 members — last activity 17 hours, 46 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 88167 members — last activity 2 hours, 1 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Book Club Ladies — 8 members — last activity Feb 03, 2021 04:09PM
Book suggestions and recommendations from the ladies of book club. Feel free to add books that you think may be good book club picks to the group book ...more

Nonfiction November — 2621 members — last activity Oct 12, 2025 12:31PM
**Note** This event is no longer active. Thank you for 10 wonderful years! Please feel free to keep using this page as a resource. Welcome to Nonfict ...more

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