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“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: conscience, politics, right

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“Love yourself, love life, and remember love may be waiting just around the corner for you.”
― Cindy Dees, Deadly Valentine: An Anthology

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“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

tags: life

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“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”
― Muriel Spark, Aiding and Abetting

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“A thousand years from now nobody is
going to know that you or I ever lived. The cynic is
right, but lazy. He says ‘You live, you die and nothing you do will ever make a difference.’ But as long as I live, I’m going to be like Beethoven and shake my fist at fate and try to do something for those who live here now and who knows how far into the future that will go. If I accomplish nothing more than making my arm sore, at least I will be satisfied that I have lived.”
― Jackson Burnett, The Past Never Ends

tags: altruism, cynicism, determination, fate, future, life-and-living

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The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — 32696 members — last activity 3 hours, 6 min ago
“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more

Historical Fictionistas — 16386 members — last activity 29 minutes ago
Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more

MYSTERY NOVELS BOOK CLUB — 510 members — last activity Nov 11, 2021 12:11PM
For all the people who are devoted to the genre of mystery fiction, this is the place to be. The term mystery Fiction includes Crime fiction, detectiv ...more

Aussie Lovers of Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Suspense — 1841 members — last activity 2 hours, 50 min ago
A group for Aussie GR members (and those interested in our wonderful land of OZ), who love nothing more than to curl up with a good crime, thriller, s ...more

Kindle British Mystery Book Club — 1219 members — last activity Jul 23, 2026 10:07AM
This is a book club for people who love British Mysteries both modern and classic. You do not have to own a Kindle. We have a monthly reads and these ...more

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