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Elizabeth Sands

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Elizabeth is Currently Reading

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The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)

by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)

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— Oct 05, 2026 12:29PM

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

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— Sep 18, 2026 09:29PM

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The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

by Christopher Buehlman (Goodreads Author)

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Elizabeth’s Quotes

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom

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“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

tags: family, first-sentence

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

tags: life, love

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“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

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