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Amanda’s Quotes

“You don’t ever really stop having a song. It’s easier to stop having a person than to stop having a song.”
― Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart

tags: music, personhood, song

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“You've been foreign all your life. When you finally leave, all you're hoping for is a more bearable kind of foreignness.”
― Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart

tags: family-relationships, history, immigrants, romance

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“I’d found my person.
She was the foundation. She was the thing that all other things are built on. Everything was secondary to being with her. It didn’t matter where I worked or if I liked my job, where I lived or how many kids I had. My happiness, my sanity, my well-being – it all started with her. And now that I knew that, I didn’t want to just be her boyfriend – I wanted everything.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

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“As for loving America or not loving America, those aren't your problems, either. Your word for love is survival. Everything else is a story that isn't about you.”
― Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart

tags: american-dream, family-relationships, filipino-authors

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“I'll orbit around you and be your universe, because you've always been my sun.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

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Basgiath Bookclub — 9140 members — last activity Apr 06, 2026 08:25PM
Have you also been suffering from a severe book hangover after finishing Fourth Wing? Have you developed a sudden, uncontrollable urge to read fantasy ...more

hopeless romantic society — 18339 members — last activity 22 hours, 44 min ago
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* if you like fairytales, taylor swift, poetry, dark academia, old love letters, crowded ballrooms, tragic love stories, the french countrys ...more

Booktok 📚 — 226619 members — last activity 1 hour, 24 min ago
A place for booktokers to interact with each other and share the love

Readers to Friends — 17 members — last activity Feb 25, 2024 04:14AM
Welcome for readers of all sorts. Come as readers, leave as friends.

Romance ❤️ , romance contemporary ❤️‍🔥 , Erotic romance 💚, Smut romance 💛, dark romance 🖤,BDSM romance 💙, etc — 721 members — last activity Jan 05, 2026 04:17PM
Hello everyone, a group to discuss romantic novels of all kinds, also some fun and nice things.

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