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One day, sifting through Alciato’s Emblemata for references to rivers, I was ambushed. “Sometimes sweet things become bitter,” he wrote after someone was attacked by bees. Wow, I thought. So true. “I unhappily bear the fruit of my own
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this too was about me - lol
“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.”
― Les Essais
― Les Essais
“Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
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birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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“If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.”
― Ramona's World
― Ramona's World
Mock Newbery 2026
— 3189 members
— last activity Jan 01, 2026 04:14PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.
iSchool UW
— 85 members
— last activity Mar 03, 2008 12:08PM
A place for iSchool students and alums to congregate and share a love of books.
Picture Book Readers of Seattle
— 20 members
— last activity Mar 26, 2008 03:22PM
"In a picture book, both the words and the pictures are read" - Uri Shulevitz Post picture books you have enjoyed. Tell us what age you think it is m ...more
Booklust Spring 08
— 18 members
— last activity May 28, 2008 02:28PM
I thought it might be fun to make a group to stay in touch about what we're reading...those of us who have Goodreads anyway. ...more
Short
— 22 members
— last activity Feb 13, 2009 06:08AM
A place to discuss and find short fiction and short non-fiction.
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