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Maura

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Maura is Currently Reading

Maura is currently reading

Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture

by Kendall R. Phillips (Goodreads Author)

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Horse

by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 25, 2026 09:38AM

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The Honeywood File: An Adventure in Building

by H.B. Creswell

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Maura’s Quotes

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: books, children

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“It was only a phrase that went from mouth to mouth and was never quite swallowed.”
― Ismail Kadare, Broken April

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“There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love.”
― Shmuley Boteach

tags: relationships

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“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
― Anita Desai

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“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
― Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

tags: fairy-tales, humor, humorous, philosophy, psychology

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