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The worst part about sex with Matt was that it felt like he was doing something to me, rather than with me. It made me think about bad times when other bad people had done things to me, and I hated being put in that position. So, I ...more

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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
― Virginia Woolf

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“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: family, friends, parties, social

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“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
― Alan Watts

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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

tags: inspirational

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“Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: truth

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This group has been created to discuss books that have been or are being adapted into movies. This group was originally started for an in-life book cl ...more

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Grupo para reunir a los lectores de habla hispana que están en Goodreads. En este grupo encontrarás retos, autopromociones, recomendaciones, reseñas y ...more

Should have read classics — 1113 members — last activity Apr 17, 2020 07:38PM
This is a group that is reading some of the classics that maybe we should have read but we got so turned off by "classics" we had to read in high scho ...more

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