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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Around the World in 80 Books
— 31353 members
— last activity 10 hours, 18 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
The YA Dystopian Book Club
— 3043 members
— last activity Mar 10, 2026 11:24PM
Do you enjoy YA Dystopia novels? Then, this is the place for you. We have monthly group reads, RaR's, challenges, fun games, and lots of discussions. ...more
Around the World
— 1902 members
— last activity Jun 06, 2026 08:55PM
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
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