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Plateresca

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Plateresca’s Quotes

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life, science, wisdom

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“Touch has a memory.”
― John Keats

tags: memory, touch

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“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
― Montaigne, Les Essais

tags: books

747 likes

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, knowledge

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“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
― Claude Monet

tags: flowers

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Plateresca’s Groups

Dickensians! — 659 members — last activity 6 hours, 54 min ago
Do you love the stories by Charles Dickens, and anything Victorian? Are you keen to chat about his books, his life, the times or places he lived in, o ...more

The Obscure Reading Group — 202 members — last activity Sep 20, 2024 04:19PM
July 2024 update: This group is going on hiatus due to low participation in recent discussions. Like a phoenix, however, it reserves the right to fly ...more

Works of Thomas Hardy — 300 members — last activity 10 hours, 25 min ago
A group to discuss all the works of Thomas Hardy, from poems to novels and everything in between. Also, this is a place to discuss the life and times ...more

The Gothic Novel Book Club <Hiatus> — 790 members — last activity Dec 20, 2021 06:15AM
Can't get enough of the supernatural? How about the dark and mysterious? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then this group is for you! E ...more

Literary Darkness — 4886 members — last activity 14 hours, 24 min ago
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more

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