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Elif Akyol

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“If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.”
― William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom!

tags: determination, happiness, optimism, suffering

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“There is an old saying: "No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.”
― Florence Scovel

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“...for I realized how narrow my world had been and that self-education could be and should be an exciting life-long adventure.”
― Aurelia Schober Plath, Letters Home

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“I will write my way into another life.”
― Ann Patchett, Truth & Beauty

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“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

tags: intelligence, mind, poverty

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★Five Star Series★ — 1334 members — last activity Dec 10, 2021 10:14AM
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For Books' Sake — 304 members — last activity Oct 14, 2015 06:24AM
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Witness: Thriller & Suspense Bookclub — 497 members — last activity Aug 12, 2020 10:47AM
The official Witness Impulse bookclub for fans and authors of suspense fiction! Join us for live discussions with our editors and authors, book giveaw ...more

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