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“When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book.”
― Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

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“You are a circus act all of your own and I cannot help but be your audience.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Year I Met You

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“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.”
― Roman Payne

tags: empowerment, exploration, feminism, roman-payne, strong-women, the-wanderess, wander, wanderer, wanderess, wandering

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“The strange thing about television is that it doesn't tell you everything.”
― Walter Tevis, The Man Who Fell to Earth

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“I would not have had that happen to you. Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

tags: discourtesy, ugly

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Bookstagram — 2438 members — last activity Feb 03, 2025 04:37PM
For People with Book Accounts on Instagram to connect and discuss books, books pictures and bookish stuff! Started by yours truly at http://www.insta ...more

The Literary Girls — 41 members — last activity Jul 06, 2016 07:16AM
" "Books are to the mind what windows are to a home!" Imagine living in a home with no windows. How dark, how stale, how dreary! Windows bring light t ...more

Sumaiyya’s Book Club — 158 members — last activity May 24, 2026 07:06PM
A space where we discuss Middle Eastern, South Asian, Muslim and immigrant stories. Founded by @sumaiyya.books. JULY PICK: If They Come For Us by Fat ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222814 members — last activity May 18, 2026 10:32AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more