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Verin’s Quotes

“We write in response to what we read and learn; and in the end we write out of our deepest selves.”
― Andrea Barrett

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“Music can make you feel things that aren’t yours—sadness, or love, or joy. A good song has a magic to it. It pulls you in and the feelings in the music take over and you become the music, you become the song.”
― Michelle Frost, Wisdoms of the Light

tags: magic, science-fiction, steampunk, visionary-fiction

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“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's
why.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

tags: friends, friendship

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“Books fall open, you fall in.”
― David T.W. McCord

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“This is the time of myths, Orphan. They are the cables that run under the floors and power the world, the conduits of unseen currents, the steam that powers the great engines of the earth.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Bookman

tags: myth, steampunk, time

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/r/Fantasy Discussion Group — 6574 members — last activity Feb 10, 2026 07:09AM
A place for readers/contributors of Reddit's /r/Fantasy subreddit to discuss books from the genre and see others' book lists and recommendations. ...more

BookTube 2018! — 9348 members — last activity Dec 24, 2025 07:31PM
For those of us who love GoodReads AND YouTube! Do you review novels on YouTube? Come join the group!

Fantasy-Faction.com — 685 members — last activity Jan 01, 2017 01:36AM
Fantasy-Faction is a Fantasy Book Review Site and Forum Community. We review some of the genres leading titles as well as interview authors and post ...more

Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" — 1122 members — last activity Feb 22, 2026 05:54PM
Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.). ...more

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