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Ayn Rand
“The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.”
Ayn Rand

Maya Angelou
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

Jerry Spinelli
“To have a girl two thousand miles away going to pieces over you, weeping at the mere memory of you, losing her appetite, losing herself and her self respect - well, that’s a trophy enough for a guy’s ego, huh?”
Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl

Edgar Allan Poe
“Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded...”
Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

Wally Lamb
“-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.”
Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True

year in books
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461 books | 41 friends

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253 books | 18 friends

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3 books | 16 friends

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177 books | 30 friends


Wild Hope by Donna AshworthSelf Love Poetry by Melody GodfredWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Poetry Pharmacy Returns by William SieghartEmerson, the Stoics, and Me by Mark Matousek
Hardest Book to Put Down
7,912 books — 2,369 voters
Wild Hope by Donna AshworthJust Love Her by Raz MihalWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauSelf-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo EmersonThe Poetry Pharmacy Returns by William Sieghart
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
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