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Amanda’s Quotes

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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“The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.”
― Jim Carrey

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“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

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“I fear silence because it leads me to myself, a self I may not wish to confront. It asks that I listen. And in listening, I am taken to an unknown place. Silence leaves me alone in a place of feeling. It is not necessarily a place of comfort.”
― Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

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“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat

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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club — 17332 members — last activity 12 hours, 0 min ago
You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more

Victorians! — 3792 members — last activity 7 minutes ago
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more

Goodreads Authors/Readers — 56283 members — last activity 26 minutes ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Literary Darkness — 4775 members — last activity 7 minutes ago
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more

Books Stephen King Recommends — 2273 members — last activity Feb 20, 2022 04:35AM
-------------------------------------------- Are you curious about the books and authors Stephen King has enjoyed reading in the last 40 years or so? ...more

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