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“I had wanted to compromise with Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains.”
― Villette
― Villette
“I’ve been smoking a lot
and starting to doubt
if I’m breathing you in
or smoking you out.”
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and starting to doubt
if I’m breathing you in
or smoking you out.”
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“Like a flower she grows towards the light, without thinking or examining the process which moves her to do so. I wish I could do the same.”
― Chocolat
― Chocolat
“Weeds and wheat cannot grow peacefully together. Any gardener could tell you the same thing.”
― Chocolat
― Chocolat
“Left alone, I was passive; repulsed, I withdrew; forgotten — my lips would not utter, nor my eyes dart a reminder.”
― Villette
― Villette
Folklore & Fairytales
— 379 members
— last activity Dec 17, 2025 11:06AM
For everyone who is interested in folklore and fairytales, either as a reader/hearer, writer/storyteller, or researcher.
Victorians!
— 3765 members
— last activity 1 hour, 31 min 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
The Gothic Poets Society
— 396 members
— last activity Dec 31, 2024 07:03PM
Wits, Words & Spirits! Who Are We? We are a group of like minded individuals who haunt dark halls and cemeteries, armed with pens, books and black li ...more
The Gothic Trim
— 92 members
— last activity Jun 18, 2019 06:46AM
Attic dwelling invalids, spinster relatives, the catty sniping rivals.... Those pesky ancestors who just won't leave that one-lit-window house? The ...more
Into the Forest
— 2102 members
— last activity 1 hour, 12 min ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more
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