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Erin Bottger (Bouma)

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“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

tags: art, craft, fiction, reading, writing

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“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books

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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
― Stephen King, Skeleton Crew

tags: reading, writing

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The Obscure Reading Group — 200 members — last activity Sep 20, 2024 04:19PM
July 2024 update: This group is going on hiatus due to low participation in recent discussions. Like a phoenix, however, it reserves the right to fly ...more

Discovering Russian Literature — 3027 members — last activity Mar 02, 2026 04:52PM
Whether you are a newbie or an expert or simply love Russian literature... Welcome! This is a friendly group where you can share your thoughts an ...more

On the Southern Literary Trail — 2200 members — last activity 26 minutes 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

The Eastern Bloc: A History — 83 members — last activity Jun 17, 2022 04:40AM
I like to read nonfiction history books about Eastern Europe and Russia from all different time periods. I would love to have interested people to dis ...more

Non Fiction Book Club — 5102 members — last activity 6 hours, 26 min ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more

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