Katie Diana

Katie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (263)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
adult-fiction‎ (66)
young-adult‎ (52)
non-fiction‎ (51)
great-fantasy‎ (36)
favourites‎ (34)

children-or-coming-of-age‎ (31)
historical-fiction‎ (21)
companion‎ (19)
education‎ (18)
mystery-thriller‎ (18)
not-for-me‎ (17)
the-hype-lied‎ (17)
average-fantasy‎ (16)
comic-or-graphic-novel‎ (16)

short-story‎ (14)
yikes-fantasy‎ (13)
autobiography-or-memoir‎ (12)
burn-to-keep-warm‎ (12)
dnf‎ (9)
sci-fi-or-space-fantasy‎ (7)
good-fantasy‎ (6)
play‎ (5)
classic‎ (3)

crime-fiction‎ (3)
essay‎ (3)
linguistics‎ (3)
translated‎ (3)
might-try-again‎ (2)
paranormal‎ (2)
poetry‎ (2)
science-fiction‎ (1)
screen-play‎ (1)

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Katie’s Quotes

“I inhaled books like other people breathe oxygen. I didn't just read for knowledge or pleasure, I read to live.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: lies, lying, trust

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“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

tags: hope, human-nature

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“Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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