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Ashley Birrell

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Ashley’s Quotes

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
― Albert Pike

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“If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.”
― Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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“He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: classics

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“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

tags: inspirational

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“I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.”
― Franz Kafka

tags: writing

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European Royalty — 1565 members — last activity May 07, 2026 07:33AM
This is a group for anyone who enjoys fiction and non-fiction books about European royalty and history in general. We have a wide variety of discussio ...more

Jane Austen — 5366 members — last activity Apr 18, 2026 05:56AM
Established July 2007. Readers of Jane, gather here to discuss anything from Frank Churchill's secrets to Lady Catherine's whims. What finally "persua ...more

Into the Forest — 2149 members — last activity 11 hours, 32 min ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more