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“Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. A good book, resting unopened in its slot on a shelf, full of majestic potentiality, is the most comforting sort of intellectual wallpaper.”
― David Quammen, The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder
― David Quammen, The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder
“God is an early bird; satan is a night owl. Everyone knows that.”
― Jon Acuff
― Jon Acuff
“The highest branch of solitary amusement is reading; but even in the choice of books the fancy is first employed; for in reading, the heart is touched, till its feelings are examined by the understanding, and the ripening of reason regulate the imagination. This is the work of years, and the most important of all employments.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, Original stories from real life; with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness
― Mary Wollstonecraft, Original stories from real life; with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”
― Wallace Stegner, The Spectator Bird
Gardener's Group
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Folks in your life just don't understand why you spend countless hours in your garden, in nurseries seeking out new goodies to take home and combing t ...more
readers advisory for all
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life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more
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Come meet other random people, talk about books you've read, you would like to read, and books you think other people might like!
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For people that simply love true crime stories and want to connect with others that share a common interest.
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For the booklover who reads four or five books at a time, buys just as many at a time and who changes books like he/she changes his/her clothing. If y ...more
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