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Sara Gerot

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros

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Sara’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (156)
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read‎ (815)
read-this‎ (298)
non-fiction‎ (173)
weird-works‎ (135)
ha-ha‎ (115)
short-stuff‎ (115)

make-my-life-better-please‎ (113)
slipstream-sci-fi‎ (100)
old-stuff‎ (98)
breezy‎ (82)
memoirs-good-ones‎ (72)
series‎ (67)
summer-stuff‎ (67)
philosophy-crit‎ (45)

ya-fiction‎ (37)
holidays‎ (31)
art‎ (26)
poetry‎ (24)
who-cares‎ (23)
drama‎ (21)
hippie-stuff‎ (20)
really-old-stuff‎ (16)

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journal‎ (11)
chap‎ (5)
fashion‎ (4)

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Sara’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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“Under cover of her silence he pressed her arm closely to his side; and, as they stood at the hotel door, he felt that they had escaped from their lives and duties, escaped from home and friends and run away together with wild and radiant hearts to a new adventure.”
― James Joyce, The Dead

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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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“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

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“He took a sip of my father’s weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit’s like making love in a canoe."
"Excuse me?"
"It’s fucking near water.”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

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