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Alison’s Quotes

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: women

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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
― Henry James

tags: kindness

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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

tags: identity, opinions

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“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: oprah-s-thank-you-game, people

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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings

tags: activism, life, optimism, philosophy, world

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Tackling the Pulitzer Prize Winners! — 817 members — last activity Jan 02, 2026 12:53PM
The Pulitzer Prize literature winners comprise a phenomenal collection of novels. Join us as we tackle the monumental task of reading all of the winne ...more

Classics Without All the Class — 4377 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 10:45AM
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David McCullough Fans — 71 members — last activity Mar 23, 2017 06:15AM
For fans of David McCullough's books and history. ...more

Man Booker Prize Winners — 96 members — last activity Jul 12, 2020 06:36PM
Attempt to read all books that have won the Man Booker Prize since its conception ...

Toni Morrison fan club — 22 members — last activity May 11, 2015 01:45PM
The group name says it all. I am forming this group to share our experience of Morrison's writings. I am also the organizer of a Meetup group and woul ...more

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