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Barbara’s Quotes

“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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“There were many ways to be alienated from someone, few to actually belong.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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“I'm a starfish,
taking up all the room I want.”
― Lisa Fipps, Starfish

tags: confidence, room, space, starfish

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“Words matter, in fact. They're not pointless, as you've suggested. If they were pointless, then they couldn't start revolutions and they wouldn't change history. If they were just words, we wouldn't write songs or listen to them. We wouldn't beg to be read to as kids. If they were just words, then stories wouldn't have been around since before we could write. We wouldn't have learned to write. If they were just words, people wouldn't fall in love because of them, feel bad because of them, ache because of them, and stop aching because of them." (p. 210) (Henry Jones)”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

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“People film everything. We’re not even human, just a series of ten-second clips and likes/not likes.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

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Goodreads Librarians Group — 329082 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
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 2027 — 1175 members — last activity May 14, 2026 09:00AM
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 2027 — 1586 members — last activity Jun 22, 2026 03:34PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Caldecott Award winning books.

Mock Newbery 2027 — 3184 members — last activity 2 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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