Maria

Maria’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (351)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1145)
fantasy‎ (397)
romance‎ (358)
historical-fiction‎ (245)

classics‎ (165)
graphic-novels-and-manga‎ (159)
contemporary‎ (144)
short-stories‎ (114)
historical-romance‎ (102)
mystery‎ (102)

retellings‎ (99)
middle-grade‎ (67)
favorites‎ (58)
mythology‎ (54)
science-fiction‎ (36)
20th-century‎ (30)

poetry‎ (29)
austenesque‎ (25)
non-fiction‎ (24)
greek-literature‎ (17)
comfort-reads‎ (12)
time-travel‎ (12)

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Maria’s Quotes

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: books-reading

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“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: honesty

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“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: friendship, frodo

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“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: hope, inspirational, love

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“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
― Plato

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