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Kim
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by Asako Yuzuki
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Kim
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by Kaveh Akbar
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Kim
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“To mourn a lost friend, however, is not the same as wishing for another.”
― North Woods
― North Woods
“They should never have met, they were destined for each other, he would make her life and destroy her life and she would make her life in spite of his life, he would be an inexhaustible source of love and friendship for her for the next thirty-five years, he would madden her, he would win her and lose her and win her, she would be the one person he cared to see to the end, and to her immense surprise only after his death would she discover within herself the one thing she had never expected: a crack in the cup of life that opened into a desolation that was utter and inconsolable.”
― Question 7
― Question 7
“Language, I’m told, is built
to choose sides. What is meant:
the tool we believe connects us
maintains the divide. What I hear:
be careful of silence, what it holds,
how a word can take over your life.”
― Non-Essential Work
to choose sides. What is meant:
the tool we believe connects us
maintains the divide. What I hear:
be careful of silence, what it holds,
how a word can take over your life.”
― Non-Essential Work
“Anyone questioning whether god exists need only consider the brevity of a dog’s life span. If there was a god, let alone a benevolent one, dogs would have life spans similar to parrots.”
― Beautyland
― Beautyland
“My parents were frugal not simply because they had to be careful, but because they saw little reason for making life about money.”
― Question 7
― Question 7
Aussie Readers
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A group for all Australian Goodreads members (and those interested in Australia), no matter what they read!
A group for all Australian Goodreads members (and those interested in Australia), no matter what they read!
Around the World
— 1848 members
— last activity Jul 30, 2024 09:16PM
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
2024 Reading Challenge
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Are you ready to set your 2024 reading goal? This is a supportive, fun group of people looking for people just like you. Track your annual reading go ...more
Are you ready to set your 2024 reading goal? This is a supportive, fun group of people looking for people just like you. Track your annual reading go ...more
Savidge Reads
— 262 members
— last activity Aug 30, 2020 10:31AM
A place to have a chat about all things Savidge Reads (video topics, what we are all reading, bookish bits and bobs etc) with Simon - if any of you wa ...more
A place to have a chat about all things Savidge Reads (video topics, what we are all reading, bookish bits and bobs etc) with Simon - if any of you wa ...more
Historical Fictionistas
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Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
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Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
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