Amanda

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Amanda’s Quotes

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
― Sir Francis Bacon

tags: books, reading

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: love

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“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: friends, humor, jail

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Mock Printz 2026 — 1175 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 12:33PM
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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

OLA Teen Summit — 24 members — last activity Apr 24, 2017 05:06AM
A group centered around young adult literature, trends in ya fiction. This is a continuation of the discussion from the 2017 OLA Teen Summit Preconfer ...more

Perpetual Booknerds — 63 members — last activity Jun 18, 2020 06:25PM
Hello fellow booknerds! Welcome to Perpetual YA Bookworms!! I created this group for YA/NA fans to join and discuss their favorite books, recommend bo ...more

YA LGBT Books — 13386 members — last activity 13 hours, 32 min ago
For anyone who enjoys LGBTQ books written for young adults. We're a friendly, supportive group that provides a non-judgmental place to discuss the boo ...more

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