Grace Gonsalves

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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar

by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author)

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The Neapolitan Novels

by Elena Ferrante

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Grace’s Notes & Highlights

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”

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Grace’s Quotes

“The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.”
― J.M. Coetzee

tags: happiness

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“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

tags: family, friends

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“In Baxter’s view the care for external goods should only lie on the shoulders of the “saint like a light cloak, which can be thrown aside at any moment”.114 But fate decreed that the cloak should become an iron cage.”
― Max Weber, The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

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“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.”
― Malala Yousafzai

tags: education, freedom-of-choice, girl-power, islam, women-s-rights

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“It was like being part of a wave of water,” she says. “A wave of spray from the ocean feels powerful, but it is only there for a moment, the sun dries the puddles and the water is gone. Then you feel maybe it never happened. That is how it was with us. The only wave that changes anything is a tsunami. You have to tear down the houses and destroy the land if you want to be sure no one will forget you.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

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