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Xiri is Currently Reading

Xiri is currently reading

World of Darkness: Ghost Stories

by Rick Chillot

bookshelves: currently-reading, urban-contemporary-fantasy, horror, new-world-of-darkness, poetry, rpg, ghosts, shapeshifters, vampires, magic-users, spirits, mystery

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Apr 02, 2026 04:29AM

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Ir pražuvo kaip sapnas

by Lazdynų Pelėda

bookshelves: currently-reading, classics, lithuanian

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Jan 18, 2026 07:29PM

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Skirgaila

by Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius

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Jan 18, 2026 07:08PM

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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

tags: love

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“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
― Zelda Fitzgerald

tags: love

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“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

tags: love

6674 likes

“My soul is ten thousand miles wide and extremely invisibly deep. It is the same size as the sea, and you cannot, you cannot cram it into beer cans and fingernails and stake it out in lots and own it. It will drown you all and never even notice.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Searoad

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Xiri’s Groups

Coursera Friends — 40 members — last activity Jun 06, 2024 11:13AM
This is an informal group to discuss the works in various Coursera courses.

Coursera: Fantasy and Science Fiction (Summer 2012) — 73 members — last activity Sep 05, 2021 12:34PM
Group for the students of Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World Summer 2012. This course is a free offering from Coursera and ...more

Literary Exploration — 1572 members — last activity Mar 23, 2026 11:48AM
Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.

The Not-So Austen Bookclub — 1033 members — last activity Aug 23, 2024 12:55PM
**Currently on hiatus for 2016** Share your obsession. Spread the magic. Read books, discuss books and love books! The Not-So Austen Bookclub is a ...more

Science Fiction Aficionados — 2596 members — last activity 23 hours, 52 min ago
Welcome to Sci Fi Aficionados. We love all things science fiction, with an emphasis on the classics of the genre. Members are welcome to discuss all t ...more

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