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Maria’s Quotes

“People want you to be happy.
Don't keep serving them your pain!

If you could untie your wings
and free your soul of jealousy,

you and everyone around you
would fly up like doves.”
― Rumi

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“This place where you are right now,
God circled on a map for you.”
― Hafiz

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“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”
― Rumi

tags: inspirational

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“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
― Rumi

tags: love

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“This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.”
― Hafiz of Shiraz

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UK Book Club — 6999 members — last activity 2 hours, 6 min ago
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Connecting Readers and Writers — 3958 members — last activity Aug 16, 2026 03:52PM
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Virtual Writers — 2346 members — last activity Jun 25, 2026 05:11PM
Helping readers and writers connect. Virtual Writers is a popular online writers’ community committed to showcasing established and emerging writers ...more

The History Book Club — 26476 members — last activity 12 hours, 27 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

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