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The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X

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Rakesh’s Quotes

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing

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“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

tags: truth, values

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“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: art, life

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Desperate BookJunkies — 343 members — last activity Aug 15, 2023 07:53PM
Mainly Fiction based but we invite anyone who has a passion for reading and is always wondering WHAT SHOULD I READ NEXT!? We encourage sharing your ow ...more