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John’s Quotes

“Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: book, books, music

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“We all make mistakes but one has to move on.”
― Jeffrey Archer

tags: jeffrey-archer, mistakes

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“I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow;
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh! The things I learned from her,
When Sorrow walked with me.”
― Robert Browning Hamilton

tags: life-experience, poetry

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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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“I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

tags: dreaming, dreams

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English Translations of Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries & Thrillers — 2090 members — last activity 4 hours, 0 min ago
A place to discuss Scandi Crime novels, which includes novels from: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark. Whether it's Smilia from Peter Hoeg's S ...more

David Foster Wallace — 299 members — last activity Oct 15, 2016 07:21PM
A group for the amazing work of David Foster Wallace, now deceased. RIP 1962-2008 Feel free to add his books to the bookshelf for the group.

Book Cafe — 75 members — last activity Jul 25, 2016 11:26AM
Where you can discuss books, make friends and just chill!

Ask Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman — 664 members — last activity Sep 22, 2021 11:34AM
Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman will be answering questions from readers in this special group on Friday, November 21st. They'll be discussing Amanda’ ...more

Brain Pain — 1248 members — last activity Oct 10, 2023 09:29AM
NOTE: This group is intermittently active, but you are welcome to revive past discussions if you're currently reading any of those books. We read ch ...more

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