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“Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.”
― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: extraterrestrials, humor, intelligent-life, life, science, universe

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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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“You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.”
― Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, Vol. 1

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“Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we touch.”
― judy blume

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Melissa’s Groups

SSReaders — 29 members — last activity Mar 07, 2017 11:25AM
This group is an extension of the Surfing Sisters online alumnae chapter who love to read and discuss books in a number of different genres.

Coffee with Mystery-writer Sandra Balzo — 63 members — last activity Sep 26, 2014 05:25AM
Join award-winning mystery writer Sandra Balzo, author of the Maggy Thorsen Coffeehouse Mysteries and Main Street Murders for a little Q&A. Murder on ...more

DZReaders — 14 members — last activity Sep 29, 2008 02:47AM
Extenstion of our online book club, DZ Readers

readers advisory for all — 5760 members — last activity Jul 14, 2026 02:35PM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] — 2222 members — last activity Apr 16, 2023 10:38AM
Our challenge is based of the Popsugar's Reading Challenge for 2015. Each week, the members read the book of their choice in the right category. This ...more

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