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“The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: paraphrased

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“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: books, reading, truth

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“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: death, inspirational

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“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: action, community, daring, loneliness, purpose, youth

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“And the secret is," I lowered my voice, as at a poetry reading, "he was right! It is vanity, it is pride! It is the hubris of rationalism to always attack the prophet, the mystic, the god. It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us.”
― Roger Zelazny, A Rose for Ecclesiastes

tags: science-fiction

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Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library — 3664 members — last activity Jan 29, 2026 01:39AM
Add your science-fiction or fantasy books to the list, but make sure it's not already there. . .no need for duplicate entries. ...more

Books on the Nightstand — 6097 members — last activity Feb 05, 2026 12:12PM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

Westeros on Goodreads — 213 members — last activity Jun 13, 2014 08:18PM
A place for members of the Westeros forums to hang out on Goodreads. Links to our co-shelved recommendations: Fantasy: http://www.goodreads.com/gen ...more

Omnibus/OHC Graphic Novel Collectors — 788 members — last activity Sep 12, 2025 03:00AM
A group for those of us who collect over-sized editions of Marvel, DC, or other comic book style stories. Track upcoming editions and tell us about yo ...more

/r/Fantasy Discussion Group — 6565 members — last activity Jan 22, 2026 12:00PM
A place for readers/contributors of Reddit's /r/Fantasy subreddit to discuss books from the genre and see others' book lists and recommendations. ...more

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