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Lori

200 books | 7 friends

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1,963 books | 35 friends

Yolanda Sfetsos

7,607 books | 1,505 friends

Vyviane Armstrong

5,389 books | 127 friends

Candice Gilmer

191 books | 227 friends

Julie McCord

445 books | 63 friends

Lasara Allen, MSW

36 books | 1,296 friends

Helen Mears

412 books | 28 friends

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Heather Freysdottir

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Website

http://lokisbruid.wordpress.com/

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Spirituality, Romance, Paranormal

Member Since

February 2011

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Lokean nun, writer, swamp witch. Heather is a Pagan monastic, writer, editor, and mother. She has written and edited for a variety of publications and social media, including science journals, romance novels, and technology blogs. She also holds degrees in education and speech-language pathology, and has a passion for historical linguistics.

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	Beyond Reason 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loki & Angrboda: Hail to the Queen 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics

by Diane Lockward (Goodreads Author)

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The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists – A Scholar's Defense of Moderate Muslims and the Future of the Faith

by Khaled Abou El Fadl

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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

by A.N. Roquelaure

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Heather’s Quotes

“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”
― Octavia E. Butler

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“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: humor, writing

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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: democracy, elite, elitism, elitist, voter, voting

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“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: atheism, bible, organized-religion, religion

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“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
― Isaac Asimov

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