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Maria’s favorite books

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Twilight by Stephenie Meyer A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin The Martian by Andy Weir
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Maria’s Quotes

Roy T. Bennett
“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
tags: accept-yourself, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, keep-moving-forward, letting-go, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, love-yourself, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking
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Roy T. Bennett
“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
tags: being-human, goodness, human, human-nature, humanism, humanity, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, kindness, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, living, love, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, smile, smiles
8029 likes

Abraham Lincoln
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln
tags: inspirational
10105 likes

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
tags: inspirational
8184 likes

Audrey Hepburn
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn
tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational
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Favorite Genres

Christian, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, and Young-adult


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