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Brenda is Currently Reading

Brenda is currently reading

Cazadora (Wolves of No World, #2)

by Romina Garber (Goodreads Author)

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— Dec 20, 2021 10:32AM

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Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia

by Chris Hamby

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Above Us the Milky Way

by Fowzia Karimi

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Brenda’s Quotes

“Why settle for being a son of the system, when you can mother a movement?”
― Romina Garber, Lobizona

tags: feminism, revolution

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“A real choice doesn't have conditions. A real choice is free.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man

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“If you cultivate the fantasy that your marriage will be forever joyful and effortless, then reality is going to pay you back in equal proportion to your delusion. If you live the fantasy that making money will earn you love, then the universe will slap you awake, in the tune of a thousand angry voices.”
― Will Smith, Will

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“Now go forth and shatter every convention.”
― Romina Garber, Lobizona

tags: inspirational

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“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
― Joseph Campbell

tags: change, life, open-heart, open-mind, resilience

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