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Mimi’s Quotes

“...Once again confirms that there is no such thing as genetically pure classification into different races.”
― Bryan Sykes, The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

tags: science

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“Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver
Is bare.”
― James Russell Lowell

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“Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.”
― John Donne, The Poems of John Donne (Volume 1); Miscellaneous Poems (Songs and Sonnets) Elegies. Epithalamions, or Marriage Songs. Satires. Epigrams. the Progress of the Soul. Notes

tags: jail, palace, world

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“All who joy would win
Must share it -- Happiness was born a twin.”
― George Gordon Byron, Don Juan

tags: don-juan, happiness, twin

656 likes

“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”
― Barbara De Angelis

tags: love

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YA Books are fun! — 13 members — last activity Aug 09, 2013 06:51AM
This group was created for all ya books lovers !

The History Book Club — 25791 members — last activity Jan 07, 2026 09:46AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

Let's Workout! — 7 members — last activity Apr 23, 2012 10:14AM
This group was created for the workout lovers that love reading about health , nutritional food and exercises. Please feel free to share your knowledg ...more

Kindle Swapping=] — 46 members — last activity Jun 11, 2013 11:04PM
I am new to this site and I thought it would be nice if there was a place to go to lend others Kindle books.

Historical Romance — 7289 members — last activity 13 hours, 19 min ago
A group for people who enjoy reading and discussing adult historical romance books. This group is not for regular fiction, historical fiction, non ...more

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