Lara Abdallah

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Lara’s Quotes

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”
― Daniel Defoe

tags: diamond, soul

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“How green was my valley then, and the valley of them that have gone.”
― Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley

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“The moral of the story is even though that seemed like the end of the world back then, right now I can look back on it and laugh. And if anyone is going through something similar right now just know it will get better.”
― Phil Lester

tags: dating-advice, experience, inspirational, life-advice, life-gets-better, life-lessons, looking-ahead, love, past-experiences, sadness

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“You should never make fun of something that a person can't change about themselves.”
― Phil Lester

tags: advice, born-this-way, bullying, change, identity, individuality, uniqueness-of-individual

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The Rory Gilmore Book Club — 23893 members — last activity Sep 09, 2026 06:01AM
Reading is sexy! This group is for fans of literature and the Gilmore Girls. Join us for some witty banter, numerous pop culture references, and enlig ...more

Q&A with RT Nominees for Best Love Inspired Historical for 2010 — 12 members — last activity Nov 30, 2010 10:21AM
Every Wednesday Dec 1 through Dec 22, 2010, one of the RT Nominees will chat at the Love Inspired Historical Group Discussion Boards. http://www.goodr ...more

Challenge: 50 Books — 4304 members — last activity 15 hours, 19 min ago
This group is for people who want to be challenged to read 50 books in one year. Start the challenge by creating a post with the title of your chall ...more

The Classics — 425 members — last activity Jan 20, 2015 10:42AM
Did you ever have to read "Jane Eyre" in high school and just couldn't get through it? Have you ever been confused by the symbolism in "Lord of the Fl ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 338675 members — last activity 5 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

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