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Charles Robert Maturin
“Let those who smile at me, ask themselves whether they have been indebted most to imagination or reality for all they have enjoyed in life, if indeed they have ever enjoyed any thing.”
Charles Robert Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer

Jane Austen
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Katherine Mansfield
“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
Katherine Mansfield

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Marilyn Monroe

D.H. Lawrence
“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

289 Victorians! — 3792 members — last activity 50 minutes 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
66410 100 books to read before you die — 1013 members — last activity Sep 20, 2025 02:39PM
The BBC has a list of 100 books that they think everyone should read before they die; however they predict that most people will only read 6! This gro ...more
113333 SA reads — 169 members — last activity Aug 17, 2022 07:35AM
Welcome to SA Reads We started SA reads last year to read and discuss more books by SA authors. We were excited and surprise to meet both avid read ...more
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