Karla Strand

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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

tags: love

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“She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

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“If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there”
― George Harrison

tags: life, paraphrase-of-lewis-carroll

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“Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. ”
― James Baldwin

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“...heroine: the artist, the premier mistress writhering in a garden graced w/highly polished blades of grass... release (ethiopium) is the drug...an animal howl says it all...notes pour into the caste of freedom...the freedom to be intense...to defy social order and break the slow kill monotony of censorship. to break from the long bonds of servitude-ruthless adoration of the celestial shepherd. let us celebrate our own flesh-to embrace not ones race mais the marathon-to never let go of the fiery sadness called desire.”
― Patti Smith

tags: life, patti-smith, transcendence

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Goodreads Librarians Group — 324277 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

The F-word — 5761 members — last activity Jan 16, 2026 02:23PM
This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more

Haaave Ya Met... — 1177 members — last activity May 01, 2026 09:16AM
Networking for authors, beta readers, editors, reviewers, and book bloggers.

ARCs Anonymous — 143 members — last activity Aug 06, 2018 12:24PM
Do you get loads of ARCs? Do you struggle to read them in time? We've all been here. My name is Avalinah and I'm an ARCoholic. Welcome, fellow bookwor ...more

The Classics Club — 241 members — last activity Jul 02, 2023 12:46PM
This group is made up of members of the Classics Book Club. Members who happen to be part of Goodreads can meet here to share links, post reviews, etc ...more

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