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“Have we ever thought that being lost is our destination?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

tags: avoid, avoidance, denial, deny, destination, elude, escape, fear, fearful, flee, frightened, goal, hide, intention, intentional, lost, purposeful, run, scared, wandering

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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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“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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“The dandelion gives all of its future to ride on the wind for one beautiful moment. I'll bet my flightless Pekin ducks would trade their life away to become one with the breeze.”
― Jarod Kintz, Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

tags: breeze, dandelion, duck, duck-quote, duck-quotes, ducks, flower, future

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“Seeing the person yeu love come home
Happiness is so simple to a child”
― Sandesh Hukpachongbang

tags: childhood, happiness, memories, pleasures-of-life

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The F-word — 5757 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??? — 119508 members — last activity 45 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 — 30681 members — last activity 5 hours, 54 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