Maria

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Maria’s Quotes

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

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.”
― Ayn Rand

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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

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“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

tags: on-writing, writing

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“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

tags: music

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The Life of a Book Addict — 12130 members — last activity May 08, 2026 06:40AM
We now read at "On the Same Page." ...more

Pulp Fiction — 1932 members — last activity 6 hours, 19 min ago
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)

Banned Books — 5197 members — last activity 21 hours, 3 min ago
To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.

Lexington Reads — 648 members — last activity Jan 16, 2025 08:54AM
For readers from Lexington, Kentucky. Discuss what you're reading with your neighbors! ...more