Darla

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Darla ’s Quotes

“I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met.”
― David Sedaris

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“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.”
― Harold Howe

tags: education, libraries, library, school

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“I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.”
― Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now

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“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
― Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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“It's amazing--my parents call everything a discussion. If I were standing across the street, firing a bazooka at my mother, while my father was launching mortar back at me, and Jeffery was charging down the driveway with a grenade in his teeth, my parents would say we should stop having this public "discussion".”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie

tags: arguments, euphemism, humor, parents

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Darla ’s Groups

Young Adult Book Reading Challenges — 8281 members — last activity Dec 04, 2025 11:05AM
Welcome to the Young Adult Book Reading Challenges! Welcome everyone who is interested in YA books! We have amazing reading challenges going on all t ...more

Young Adult Book Readers — 111 members — last activity Sep 13, 2013 01:59AM
Welcome to YABR! We are a new goodreads group comprised of any people that like to read YA literature books. Join NOW!

Y-Eh! — 10 members — last activity Jan 18, 2009 06:07AM
Canadian YA and middle-grade authors on tour http://www.y-eh.net

History is Not Boring — 2061 members — last activity Sep 23, 2025 03:56PM
Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more

VOYA Magazine — 30 members — last activity Jul 24, 2009 06:40AM
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) is a bimonthly journal addressing librarians, educators, and other professionals who work with young adults.

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