Maxwell Chrostowski

Maxwell’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (49)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (189)
young-adult‎ (6)
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childrens‎ (5)
sci-fi-fantasy‎ (5)
adventure‎ (4)
middle-grade‎ (4)
fantasy‎ (3)
mg‎ (3)
5-stars‎ (1)

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all-time-favorites‎ (1)
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books‎ (1)
books-i-own‎ (1)
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my-books‎ (1)
my-favorites‎ (1)
my-library‎ (1)
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own-it‎ (1)
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read-more-than-once‎ (1)
reread‎ (1)
teen‎ (1)
teen-fiction‎ (1)
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“What about you, this week? First you completely ignore me like some Hitler Youth ice-maiden, then you turn into an irresistible sex kitten, looking at me over the computer with not so much ‘come-to-bed’ as just ‘come’ eyes, and now suddenly you’re Jeremy Paxman.” We”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary

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“There is no seamen in the world who prefers a slow ship to a fast one. The painters painted better, the cooks took a little more time with the meals, and the technicians tightened the bolts just a little more. Their ship was no longer a cripple, and pride broke out in the crew like a rainbow after a summer shower.”
― Tom Clancy, Clear and Present Danger

tags: direction, leadership, morale, vision

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“This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?”
― R.D. Ronald

tags: christmas, festive, humbug, humour, writers-life

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“There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores

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“Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn't just a fiction; it's part of our physical body, and our soul exists in space, and is inside us, like teeth in our mouth. It can't be forever violated with impunity.”
― Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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