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Alicia

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Alicia’s Quotes

“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo

3498 likes

“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
― Jean Fritz

1080 likes

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

tags: fear, suffering

4673 likes

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

tags: books, literature, reading

3540 likes

“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.”
― Gary Paulsen, Shelf Life: Stories by the Book

tags: books, reading

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Alicia’s Groups

Albany Public Library — 735 members — last activity Aug 27, 2025 11:36AM
Welcome to the Albany Public Library's Goodreads Group! We hope you'll share what you're reading with us, discuss books, and get new recommendations. ...more

Capital Region BOCES YA Book Group — 71 members — last activity Apr 20, 2026 07:34AM
The Capital Region BOCES School Library System runs a young adult book group for librarians in middle and high school libraries and their classroom te ...more

Spinning Wheel Stories Reviewer Circle — 94 members — last activity 16 hours, 54 min ago
Welcome to the Spinning Wheel Stories Reviewer Circle! This is a cozy community for picture-book lovers, early readers, parents, educators, librarians ...more