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Desirée’s Quotes

“Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

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“Izz, I've learned the hard way that to have any kind of a future you've got to give up hope of ever changing your past.”
― M. L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

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“The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: fear, inferiority, shyness, social-anxiety

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“Humans withdraw to their homes, and surrender the night to the creatures that own it: the crickets, the owls, the snakes. A world that hasn't changed for hundreds of thousands of years wakes up, and carries on as if the daylight and the humans and the changes to the landscape have all been an illusion.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

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“Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

tags: be-yourself, care-for-self, love-for-self, overcoming, resilience, self-esteem

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I Like Big Books! — 53 members — last activity Sep 09, 2015 03:03PM
A group to help people read large books together or independently. Large books are books that are over 500 pages that sometimes seem daunting when a r ...more

A Brief Reading — 58 members — last activity Apr 03, 2016 02:02AM
A booktube buddy reading group dedicated to reading short story collections. We'll start this group by reading one common collection a month and seein ...more

International Reads — 591 members — last activity Aug 31, 2019 08:44PM
This book club's focus is on reading as diversely as possible. We hope to read books we may not otherwise have read or even heard of! This book club ...more

The Under-Hyped Readathon! — 567 members — last activity Sep 06, 2016 07:12PM
Basically, there has been a lot of talk on Booktube, and the internet in general, about the shifting community and the difference between hyping books ...more

BooktubeSFF Awards — 1692 members — last activity Jun 01, 2021 12:01PM
A group for discussing the BooktubeSFF Awards and associated readalongs. To learn more about the awards have a look at the website: http://booktubesff ...more

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