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Shannon’s Quotes

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O'Connor

tags: truth

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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature

tags: fear-of-unknown

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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“The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels

tags: brinksmanship, crazy, crisis, insanity

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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Indie Book Collective — 2954 members — last activity Jan 12, 2026 02:38AM
A group of indie authors, helping each other out and bringing new books to the world

Indie and Self-Pub Book Corner — 976 members — last activity Apr 05, 2026 09:44PM
Why should major publishing houses determine everything we read? There are a lot of great stories out there, just waiting for readers to find them! Wr ...more

Connecting Readers and Writers — 3947 members — last activity May 12, 2026 04:33PM
We connect adventurous readers with Indie Authors. This group is about connecting writers with readers in a way that has not been done on Goodreads b ...more

Banned Books — 5206 members — last activity May 29, 2026 07:42AM
To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.

Hawaii Residents — 133 members — last activity Jun 30, 2019 10:13PM
A general sort of group for anyone at all who happens to live or has previously lived in the state of Hawaii.

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