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Elly

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Elly’s Quotes

“In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them.
Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness.
Her raven boys.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

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“To us, reality is just raw footage: Unclear. Desultory. Too shocking or not quite shocking enough. It’s ironic that making something more real involves making it less real, but Gideon always says people don’t want real. They want the idea of real, which involves production.”
― Paula Stokes, Vicarious

tags: false-reality, reality

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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

tags: love

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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

tags: fantasy, inspirational, writing

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Elly’s Groups

Aussie Book Club — 267 members — last activity Aug 07, 2022 09:26AM
We're a group of Australian bibliophiles uniting together to share and discover some amazing Australian authors for all to enjoy! We'll be escaping in ...more

Marianne de Pierres Fans — 144 members — last activity Jan 03, 2016 03:10PM
A group for fans of author Marianne de Pierres.

Laini Taylor Official Fan Group — 1316 members — last activity Jul 08, 2018 07:25AM
This group is run by Laini's publishers in the US and UK, Little, Brown and Hodder & Stoughton. ...more

Escape Club YA Bookclub — 197 members — last activity Nov 14, 2016 03:53AM
Australian author Marianne de Pierres started this young adult book club in 2012 at www.burnbright.com.au. We've only just moved to GoodReads. Join Kr ...more

Bookalicious Book Club — 108 members — last activity Jun 30, 2015 01:25PM
This is a book club for all those who love reading, Young Adult novels, and the occasional Adult novels. Group reads will happen each month, and total ...more

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