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This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

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Love is companionship, feeling content and safe in the arms of another person. It is the mundane moments when you know the other person is there but you don’t need to speak – their presence is enough, the meals shared, the walks taken, not ...more

Apple Tree Yard

by Louise Doughty

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Jo’s Quotes

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: food, happiness

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“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

tags: appreciation, courage, patience, trials-of-life

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“She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

tags: inspirational-life

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“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
― H.G. Wells

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“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: experience-mistakes-wisdom

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Devon Book Club — 595 members — last activity Nov 10, 2025 12:13AM
For book lovers of all kinds who live in, work in or just love Devon and want to be part of this community.

Our Shared Shelf — 223365 members — last activity Dec 16, 2025 12:22AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

The book you like most — 48374 members — last activity 43 minutes ago
This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more

Ask Tracey Garvis Graves — 525 members — last activity Jul 12, 2013 09:17AM
Do you have a question you'd like to ask Tracey Garvis Graves about On the Island and Uncharted? Are you curious about what went on "behind the scenes ...more