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Mary

Mary’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1896)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (22)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fiction‎ (917)
mystery‎ (174)
nf-biography-autobiog‎ (171)
historical‎ (162)
nonfiction‎ (145)
thriller‎ (111)
romance‎ (110)
fantasy‎ (74)

nf-history‎ (70)
0000‎ (69)
pets-animals‎ (67)
family‎ (64)
books-about-books‎ (52)
grief‎ (48)
magical-realism‎ (47)
nf-self-help‎ (47)
quick-read‎ (45)
humor‎ (41)
fiction-short-stories‎ (40)
lgbt‎ (39)

chick-lit‎ (37)
nf-politics‎ (37)
fiction-ya‎ (33)
nf-essays‎ (30)
racism‎ (20)
science-fiction‎ (20)
art‎ (19)
based-on-actual-events‎ (19)
death‎ (19)
nature‎ (19)
nf-humor‎ (19)
young-reader‎ (18)

food‎ (16)
feminism‎ (15)
photography‎ (15)
poetry‎ (15)
paranormal‎ (14)
time-travel‎ (14)
environmentally-conscious‎ (13)
mental-health‎ (13)
pandemic‎ (13)
end-of-life‎ (11)
science‎ (11)
holiday‎ (10)

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Mary’s Quotes

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
― Hal Borland

tags: patience, persistence

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“In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

tags: books, libraries, reading

752 likes

“Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

tags: patience, writing

205 likes

“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”
― Eskimo Proverb

48 likes