Lizzie

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Lizzie ’s Quotes

“Nowadays I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.”
― Zadie Smith, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

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“Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.

(Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.) ”
― Gloria Anzaldúa

tags: difference, inspirational, spanish, wisdom

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“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

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“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself.”
― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

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Literary Fiction by People of Color — 13326 members — last activity 15 hours, 52 min ago
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

Queereaders — 21441 members — last activity Apr 27, 2026 05:12PM
A group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and supporters interested in fun and stimulating conversation about books, movies, art, ...more

Jewish Women's Archive Book Club — 526 members — last activity Nov 30, 2023 03:33PM
The JWA Book Club is an online community of readers who love good books by, for, and about Jewish women. Register for our Book Club discussions with ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 86449 members — last activity 14 hours, 52 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Jewish Book Club — 1421 members — last activity 3 hours, 50 min ago
For those who share an interest in reading and discussing Jewish books of all sorts. The basic requirement for the books is that they have a Jewish th ...more

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