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“When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. And you get to take yourself oh so very seriously. Your truly happy people, which is to say, your people who truly like themselves, they don't think about themselves very much. Your unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwellin' on himself and start payin' attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

tags: finding-yourself, happiness, self-indulgence

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“I am a part of all that I have met.”
― Alfred Tennyson, The Complete Poetical Works of Tennyson

tags: attitude, inspirational

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“I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda

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“There is, inside all our heads, the ego’s rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships.”
― Marianne Williamson, Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power Of Intimate Relationships

tags: ego, forgiveness

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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 — 5136 members — last activity 3 hours, 8 min ago
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 — 2188 members — last activity 19 hours, 39 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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