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Fight Night
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Then Grandma shouted, Good luck! Have fun! Don’t work too hard! She says that every single time a person leaves. She says that where she’s from it’s the most subversive thing you can say because they didn’t believe in luck and fun was a sin
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“When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
―
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it is over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”
―
“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.”
― Teachings on Love
― Teachings on Love
“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven
“Late Fragment
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.”
― A New Path to the Waterfall
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.”
― A New Path to the Waterfall
Nature Literature
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— last activity Dec 18, 2025 02:51PM
Whether it be an in-depth look at our natural world through essays written by past and present authors such as H.D. Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Cars ...more
Mountain & Prairie Book Club
— 408 members
— last activity Feb 22, 2023 12:03PM
Book club for the Mountain & Prairie community. A wide range of titles that explore the complex culture of the American West. https://www.mountainan ...more
NOVAreads: A Virtual Book Club
— 409 members
— last activity Mar 28, 2018 07:20PM
#NOVAreads: a virtual book club! Our next book: "Annals of the Former World" by John McPhee Stayed tuned for the schedule! Readers can participate ...more
Environmental Book Club
— 831 members
— last activity Nov 05, 2025 07:35AM
A global community of eco-enthusiasts reading books with an environmental theme every 2 months. We made this group to educate ourselves about the int ...more
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