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“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ...Hope sweetens the memory of experiences well loved. It tempers our troubles to our growth and our strength. It befriends us in the dark hours, excites us in bright ones. It lends promise to the future and purpose to the past. It turns discouragement to determination.

Samuel Smiles
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― Samuel Smiles

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“...you can't let something that'll probably never happen ruin your life. You're only helping to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy”
― Raymond Khoury, The Last Templar

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“My yesterdays are disappearing, my tomorrows are uncertain, so what do I live for? I live for each day. I live in the moment.”
― Lisa Genova

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“If you make me lunch," he said, "will you put it in a brown paper bag?...Because when I see kids come to school with their lunch in a paper bag, that means that someone cares about them. Miss Laura, can I please have my lunch in a paper bag?”
― Laura Schroff, An Invisible Thread

tags: children, love, service

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“Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.”
― G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen

tags: cats, djinn, jinn

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Around the World in 80 Books — 31108 members — last activity 4 hours, 51 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction — 6160 members — last activity Mar 12, 2026 05:36PM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more

The History Book Club — 26008 members — last activity Mar 13, 2026 07:34AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more