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Plateresca’s Quotes

“A witch doesn't know the meaning of the world "failure".”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

tags: witches

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“Bad day? Take a walk. Stress at work? Take a walk. Existential crisis? Take a very, very long walk.”
― Parker Scripps, Walk This Way: The Proven "Step-By-Step" Low Impact Exercise Guide to Lose Weight, Ease Anxiety, Increase Productivity and Regain Your Health

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“For he never read without taking extracts, and used to say that there never was a book so bad that it was not good in some passage or another.”
― Pliny the Younger, [Epistolae Plinii ad Trajanum imperatorem hujusque ad illum responsa]: inest Historia critica Epistolarum Plinii et Trajani usque ad a. 1552 scripsit J.O. Orellius. 1838 [Leather Bound]

tags: reading

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“Everything is made out of magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

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“May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

tags: beauty, house, path

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Dickensians! — 636 members — last activity 5 hours, 57 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 — 198 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 — 285 members — last activity Feb 11, 2026 05:32AM
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> — 798 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 — 4743 members — last activity 3 hours, 21 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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