Maria

Maria’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (11)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (539)
murder-mystery‎ (160)
cozy-mystery‎ (126)
contemporary-fiction‎ (77)
detective‎ (75)
humor‎ (52)
romance‎ (43)
historical-fiction‎ (35)

friendship‎ (30)
ghosts‎ (30)
mystery‎ (28)
supernatural‎ (28)
southern-fiction‎ (22)
inspirational‎ (17)
non-fiction‎ (17)
didnt-finish‎ (15)
adventure‎ (13)
suspense‎ (13)

life-lessons‎ (11)
small-town‎ (10)
young-adult‎ (10)
religion‎ (9)
faith‎ (6)
philosophy‎ (6)
self-help‎ (5)
spirituality‎ (5)
lds‎ (4)
short-stories‎ (4)

autobiograpy‎ (3)
biography‎ (3)
memoir‎ (3)
native-american‎ (3)
coming-of-age‎ (2)
fantasy‎ (2)
paranormal‎ (2)
science-fiction‎ (1)
victorian‎ (1)

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Maria’s Quotes

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
― Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass

tags: change, drama, kinsey-milhone, poor-baby, sue-grafton, sympathy

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“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.”
― Sue Grafton, M is for Malice

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