Declan Melia

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Declan ’s Quotes

“The cruelest walls are made of glass.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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“There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river.”
― Marina Tsvetaeva

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“The idea of the North was taking him. He needed something to brace against.”
― Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

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“In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

tags: living-in-the-present, looking

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“Fate would not have the reputation it has, if it simply did what it seemed it would do.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

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Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 87748 members — last activity Aug 24, 2026 04:20PM
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

Tough Guy Book Club — 172 members — last activity Jul 11, 2026 02:31PM
Tough Guy Book Club was founded in 2012, and is a network of men’s book clubs in local pubs. We’re about reading books, hitting the pub with the goon ...more

Face Value — 21 members — last activity Jan 08, 2022 04:04PM
Honestly, how much information can someone retain about a book through a shallow investigation of its cover? The Non-Reading-Book-Club for Book Reade ...more