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“One only has to watch aging siblings scrap over the worthless pots and pans and scuffed furniture of a deceased parent's estate- like toddlers over toys- to see how desperate is the need to wrest some last, pathetic, tangible measure of their parent's devotion.”
Victoria Secunda, Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life

“Free your mind,
ignorance is a prison.
Liberate your heart,
greed is a jail.
Release your soul,
arrogance is a cell.

Embrace knowledge,
education is independence.
Acquire understanding,
awareness is freedom.
Utilize enlightenment,
perception is power.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

Sarah J. Maas
“The best lies were always mixed with truth.”
Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight

Edward Hirsch
“I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
Edward Hirsch

“Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.”
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

24358 Visionary Fiction — 517 members — last activity Oct 27, 2025 06:59PM
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22964 ENC Press Books — 261 members — last activity Nov 29, 2016 01:17PM
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25x33 Need2Read — 17 members — last activity May 04, 2020 11:57PM
Discussion group to discover new writers and novels.
144314 Weird Books! — 537 members — last activity Sep 19, 2025 08:33AM
Are you the author of a weird book? Are you enjoying a weird book that you'd like to tell others about? Are you an actual weird book that has somehow ...more
138384 MyNextList (former FictFact) Users — 709 members — last activity Sep 11, 2025 04:46AM
MyNextList from the minds of the people behind @fictfact.
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