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“The tension of constructing an explanation, from A to B to C to D, apparently so simple a task, irritates many people with ADD. While they can hold the information in mind, they do not have the patience to sequentially put it out. That is too tedious. They would like to dump the information in a heap on the floor all at once and have it be comprehended instantly. Otherwise,”
― Edward M. Hallowell, Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

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“Because all aesthetic decisions are moral, really.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

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“Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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“I understand you only too well …’ I said. ‘That passivity in me has been the core of it all, the real evil. That weakness, that refusal to compromise a fractured and stupid morality, that awful pride! For that, I let myself become the thing I am, when I knew it was wrong. For that, I let Claudia become the vampire she became, when I knew it was wrong. For that, I stood by and let her kill Lestat, when I knew that was wrong, the very thing that was her undoing. I lifted not a finger to prevent it.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

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Indie Book Collective — 2957 members — last activity Sep 08, 2026 02:59PM
A group of indie authors, helping each other out and bringing new books to the world

Indie and Self-Pub Book Corner — 975 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 — 3958 members — last activity Aug 16, 2026 03:52PM
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 — 5240 members — last activity Sep 09, 2026 06:37PM
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 — 132 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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