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A Far Better Thing

by H.G. Parry (Goodreads Author)

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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

by Neil Shubin (Goodreads Author)

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From Anxiety to Meltdown: How Individuals on the Autism Spectrum Deal with Anxiety, Experience Meltdowns, Manifest Tantrums, and How You Can Intervene Effectively

by Deborah Lipsky

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Book cover for And So It Is: A Book of Uncommon Prayer

And So It Is: A Book of Uncommon Prayer by Angelica Jayne Taggart

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(Ernest Holmes said, ‘We don’t tell people what to think but how to think.’)

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Nora’s Quotes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: animals, attributed-no-source, friends, humor, vegetarianism

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious, simile

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“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Rothfussians — 4518 members — last activity Jun 05, 2025 06:59AM
Patrick Rothfuss needs a goodreads.com group! For fantasy fans and anyone that appreciates beautifully written books. Discuss The Name of the Wind, T ...more

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A group for those who have written or are busy writing a memoir - let's share experiences. ...more

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Neurodiverse people, reading books about topics relevant to our lives.

~≫The NOT-Advertised Group of Ruffians≪~ — 7 members — last activity Feb 21, 2024 11:14AM
HOWDY!!! (feeling like channeling my inner Ryan Trahan today lol) For some reason you decided to click on this group, and I thank you! Whether it was ...more

Authors with Asperger's — 68 members — last activity Sep 08, 2022 05:59AM
Pretty self-explanatory. This is a group for writers who have Asperger's Syndrome, a developmental disorder and mild form of autism. ...more

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