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“A town always looked different once you'd returned, like a house where all the furniture had shifted three inches. You wouldn't mistake it for a stranger's house but you'd keeping banging your shins on the table corners.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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“It's not stuff you leave with. It's love.”
― Matt de la Pena, Love

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“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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“Stars shine long after they've flamed out and the shine they shine with is love.”
― Matt de la Pena, Love

tags: inspirational, life, love

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“She hadn't realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

NCBLA 2011 — 7 members — last activity Jul 07, 2011 08:27AM
A place to discuss books read by the 2011 NCBLA Committee.

Mock Printz 2026 — 1175 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 12:33PM
Reading the best of the best in Young Adult literature published in the previous year. Our goal is to find the book the American Library Association's ...more

Mock Caldecott 2026 — 1575 members — last activity Dec 18, 2025 01:17PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Caldecott Award winning books.

Mock Newbery 2026 — 3181 members — last activity 19 hours, 46 min ago
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.

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