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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.
We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.”
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We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.”
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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
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“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
― Airman's Odyssey
― Airman's Odyssey
“There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.”
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
― Annie Hall: Screenplay
Agatha Christie Lovers
— 4035 members
— last activity 3 hours, 58 min ago
We are reading her books from the first one published to the last one published each month. However, do not let that stop you from reading them out of ...more
White Nights
— 400 members
— last activity Nov 12, 2019 05:45PM
For anyone remotely interested and versed in Russian literature, history and culture. Love Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Nabokov? ...more
Together Women Rise Book Club
— 631 members
— last activity Sep 10, 2025 07:42AM
Together Women Rise is a powerful community of women and allies dedicated to achieving global gender equality. This book club is open to ANYONE who c ...more
Barbara Pym Fan Club
— 167 members
— last activity Sep 01, 2023 07:58AM
A fan club honoring the hilarious but understated British author, Barbara Pym, who has been called a 20th century Jane Austen.
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