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Raquel Pilar
rated a book it was amazing
Reading for the 2nd time
read in July 2020
Raquel Pilar said:
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Eu AMEI esse livro!Tenho pouca paciência para autores muito descritivos, mas essa, noooossa! Eu sentia frio enquanto lia o livro de tão maravilhosa e real descrição do setting da história: um vilarejo na Rússia de contos de fadas!
Fiquei apaixonada pe ...more "
I’m going to become so smart that no one will understand me.
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“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers.”
― The One and Only Ivan
― The One and Only Ivan
“I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.”
― The One and Only Ivan
― The One and Only Ivan
“If I write a book I do it mostly for myself for the child in me and for the adult in me. The criterion for my children’s books is: If I were a child would I like it That’s very egotistical but it’s the same thing with my books for adults. I wouldn’t do a book if I didn’t want to partake and share. With a book I can do both: I give and I share.”
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“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
― Eragon
― Eragon
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