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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

tags: love, mr-darcy

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“You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly.
"What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron.
"What did you have to imitate her for?"
"She laughed at my mustache!"
"So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

tags: humor-mustache

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

tags: reality-bothered

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“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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Ask Melina Marchetta - Tuesday, April 30th! — 391 members — last activity May 20, 2013 01:48AM
Join us on Tuesday, April 30th for a special discussion with novelist Melina Marchetta! Melina will be discussing her newest book Quintana of Charyn ( ...more

Melbourne/Victorian YA Readers — 51 members — last activity Aug 01, 2015 07:50PM
Hi Everyone, We are looking for all you Melbourne and Victorian YA readers, booktubers, bloggers etc out there. We want to do Meet-ups and book hunti ...more

The Supreme Allegiance of Book Sluts — 24 members — last activity Jun 08, 2016 12:42AM
The official place to be to participate in full membership to Slutty Book Club!