Elizabeth

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Elizabeth’s Quotes

“A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.”
― Alan Watts

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“I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel, world. And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let her go.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

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“Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
― Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth

tags: experience, failure, science

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“Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
― Wendell Berry, Farming: A Hand Book

tags: advice, clutter, life

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“Listen earnestly to anything [your children] want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”
― Catherine M. Wallace

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Advanced Copies for Review & Book Giveaways — 16221 members — last activity 6 hours, 22 min ago
A place to help authors and reviewers come together to get the word out about new books as well as a group for anyone to post or enter listings for bo ...more

Christian Books — 1266 members — last activity Apr 17, 2026 03:24PM
Recommend great Christian books to others. Daniel 12:3 "...and those who turn the many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever." ...more

Christian Historical Fiction — 1580 members — last activity Feb 01, 2026 07:13AM
Most of what we will read and discuss through here will be Christian Historical Fiction, but every once in a while there will be something that will n ...more

Ask Nan Cuba — 43 members — last activity Aug 21, 2013 01:10PM
Author of BODY AND BREAD, one of "Top Titles to Pick Up Now" in the May issue of O, Oprah's Magazine and one of Huffington Post's "Summer Books," will ...more

Book Giveaways — 5510 members — last activity Apr 24, 2026 09:14PM
The place to go to tell others about your book giveaways and contests. And where book lover's can go to find ways to get free books. We all love those ...more

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