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“That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.”
― Country Girl
― Country Girl
“It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.”
― Lolly Willowes
― Lolly Willowes
“There is something in me maybe someday
to be written; now it is folded, and folded,
and folded, like a note in school.”
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to be written; now it is folded, and folded,
and folded, like a note in school.”
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“We are actually fourth dimensional beings in a third dimensional body inhabiting a second dimensional world!”
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“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
― Poems, 1923-1954
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group
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This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
Indie Revolution Group
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A place for anyone and everyone especially interested in promoting and discussing the work of indie authors and/or whatever else you like!
A place for anyone and everyone especially interested in promoting and discussing the work of indie authors and/or whatever else you like!
Nature Book Club
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The purpose of this book club is to encourage the reading of books/works of literature that focus on topics related to the the natural world and envir ...more
The purpose of this book club is to encourage the reading of books/works of literature that focus on topics related to the the natural world and envir ...more
Mat’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Mat’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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