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“Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: identity

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“It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

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“And empty words are evil.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

tags: emotions, empty, evil, feelings, homer, humor, inspiration, love, romance, sadness, words

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Nothing But Reading Challenges — 27313 members — last activity 9 minutes ago
We NEVER email authors or publishers offering to promote books in exchange for payment. This is a large GR scam happening across many grou ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222829 members — last activity Jul 30, 2026 09:56AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

What's the Name of That Book??? — 121740 members — last activity 3 hours, 22 min 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