Beth

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Beth’s Quotes

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O'Connor

tags: truth

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

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“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: carpe-diem, education, inspirational, learning

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Beth’s Groups

European Royalty — 1561 members — last activity Dec 02, 2025 09:03AM
This is a group for anyone who enjoys fiction and non-fiction books about European royalty and history in general. We have a wide variety of discussio ...more

Banned Books — 5127 members — last activity Dec 27, 2025 01:23PM
To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.

All Things Cascadian — 5 members — last activity Oct 31, 2008 06:03PM
Literature et cetera about the land known as Cascadia...

Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster.. — 1110 members — last activity Aug 29, 2025 08:23PM
Do you adore a good piece of travel literature/travelogue? Than this is the group for you!

On the Southern Literary Trail — 2186 members — last activity 5 hours, 22 min ago
Whether you prefer Faulkner, O'Connor, McCullers or more recent authors of Southern Literature such as Clyde Edgerton, Tom Franklin, William Gay, or M ...more

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