Olga Akdogan

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“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“for there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: compassion, empathy

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“Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: living

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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: eating-reading

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Sci-Fi & Fantasy Girlz — 338 members — last activity Mar 21, 2023 04:33PM
This group primarily focuses on science fiction and fantasy written by women. But we'll also discuss works written by men that feature female protagon ...more

Bookstagram — 2440 members — last activity Feb 03, 2025 04:37PM
For People with Book Accounts on Instagram to connect and discuss books, books pictures and bookish stuff! Started by yours truly at http://www.insta ...more

Great Female Protagonists — 203 members — last activity May 25, 2026 08:37AM
I love books with great female protagonists, so I thought this could be a group where people can share book recommendations and discuss books for stro ...more

Romance, Historical or Otherwise — 3940 members — last activity Nov 19, 2025 01:37PM
A group to discuss our favorite novels, be it Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Mystery, YA, Horror,Chick Lit, Fantasy, Regency, Erotica... etc, e ...more

readers advisory for all — 5749 members — last activity Jul 14, 2026 02:35PM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

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