Kira Nerys

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Kira is Currently Reading

Kira Nerys is currently reading

Lessons in Falling

by Christy Schillig (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 20, 2026 08:57AM

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Celia Thaxter: Selected Writings

by Julia Older

bookshelves: environmental-protection, nonfiction, owned-to-read, poetry-owned, woman-author, currently-reading

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""It is a lovely sight to see a herring net drawn in, especially by moonlight when every fish hangs like a long silver drop from the close-set meshes."

Not sure how I'm feeling yet, especially in this 1873 excerpt, which mixes a naturalist's love of the Isles with an appreciative but uncomfortable portrait of the fishing community." — Jun 16, 2026 06:25PM

Jun 16, 2026 06:25PM

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Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith

by C.L. Moore

bookshelves: owned-to-read, classics, science-fiction, short-stories, woman-author, currently-reading

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""Lost Paradise" is the only story I've actively not liked so far." — Jun 16, 2026 10:33AM

Jun 16, 2026 10:33AM

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Kira’s Quotes

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

41074 likes

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

42148 likes

“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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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

tags: greatness

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