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“Admiration is the feeling you get when you find that someone is superior to you, or someone is better than you in certain ways.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

tags: admiration, better, certain, feeling, find, someone, superior, ways

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“You rarely know, in the moment, when it's the last time you'll do something. Most of the time, the whole thing just sneaks away in the night, never to be seen or heard from again, not even sending back so much as a postcard to say hello.”
― Michelle Cuevas, Beyond the Laughing Sky

tags: away, last, leaving, missing, moment, postcard, sneaks

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“The soft heart is not a thing to harden but a treasure to protect. For soft hearts extend mercy, compassion, refuge, and God’s redemption to the world.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

tags: caring, compassion, kindness, mercy, redemption, refuge, richelle, richelle-e-goodrich, richelle-goodrich, soft-hearts, softness

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“It isn’t every day a beauty begs me to show mercy to our beast.”
― Jacqueline E. Smith, Solstice Stories

tags: beauty-and-the-beast, beauty-and-the-beast-retelling, fairy-tale, retelling

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“Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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The F-word — 5759 members — last activity Apr 15, 2025 09:52PM
This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more

What's the Name of That Book??? — 119450 members — last activity 44 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Food & Fiction — 859 members — last activity Dec 13, 2018 01:23AM
Everyone knows that a good book and a bite to eat go together like a bubble bath and a glass of wine. Join Cookstr in exploring new literary and culin ...more

Around the World in 80 Books — 30670 members — last activity 6 hours, 31 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more