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Cybil

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Cybil’s Notes & Highlights

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

1 highlight

The men of Earth came to Mars. They came because they were afraid or unafraid, because they were happy or unhappy, because they felt like Pilgrims or did not feel like Pilgrims. There was a reason for each man. They were leaving bad wives ...more

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Frank Solomon

A Dickensian quote to be sure... :-)

22 Jul 20 · Flag

Audiblelovers.com

I like it. Have to listen to it after Kowal's "The Lady Astronaut" trilogy (4th novel upcoming in 2021/2022).

Weather

by Jenny Offill

2 highlights
The Overstory

by Richard Powers

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Cybil’s Quotes

“Obsessions are the only things that matter.”
― Patricia Highsmith

tags: autism, matter, meaning, obsessions

374 likes

“I see great things in baseball.”
― Walt Whitman

tags: baseball, sports

25 likes

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

25479 likes

“Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.”
― L. Frank Baum

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“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe

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Cybil’s Groups

RW Bookclub(Unofficial) — 2848 members — last activity 6 hours, 45 min ago
Book discussion based on the Reesesbookclub on Instagram. We also have a monthly group book, buddy reads, challenges and giveaways! Our Facebook gro ...more

What should I read next?: The book ending support group — 1023 members — last activity Jul 25, 2021 08:47PM
If you are like me, you read constantly but at the same time you are constantly looking for the next great thing. "Once this incredible book is done.. ...more

Awesome Margo and Cybil group — 2 members — last activity Oct 25, 2016 10:22AM
heck yeah!

Goodreads Company Book Club — 112 members — last activity Dec 05, 2016 04:45PM
Book club for Goodreads employees and alumni. We're a reading machine! In addition to this group, we have some other interest-specific reading groups ...more

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 41768 members — last activity 3 hours, 4 min ago
This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2024. The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge that included a lis ...more

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