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Elif Akyol

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Elif’s Quotes

“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
― Willa Cather

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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

tags: aspirations, castles-in-the-air, dreams, foundations, futility, goals, security, work-lost

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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

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“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

tags: life, peace

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“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

tags: inspirational, life, philosophy

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Memoirs and Biographies We Love — 1355 members — last activity Oct 25, 2025 01:24AM
A place to share memoirs, biographies, autobiographies (and maybe even fiction-based-in-reality) that you have enjoyed!

★Five Star Series★ — 1336 members — last activity Dec 10, 2021 10:14AM
Welcome to Five Star Series. This is a group dedicated to finding, reading and rating the best series out there! We talk about everything from mystery ...more

For Books' Sake — 304 members — last activity Oct 14, 2015 06:24AM
For Books' Sake is the online community featuring books by and for independent women. This group is for For Books' Sake readers to come together to ...more

A Good Thriller — 21479 members — last activity 4 hours, 0 min ago
Action packed gripping, exciting and tense thrillers, mysteries, that's what we like reading. So many great authors out there to read. Let's share our ...more

Witness: Thriller & Suspense Bookclub — 498 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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