Raquel Souza

Raquel’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (37)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (812)
fiction‎ (760)
trilogies-sagas-series‎ (624)
historical-fiction‎ (604)
books-set-in-europe‎ (557)
romance‎ (380)
historical-romance‎ (270)
historical-mystery‎ (262)
historical-set-in-19th-century‎ (246)
mystery‎ (246)

favorites‎ (236)
books-set-in-america‎ (116)
historical-set-in-medieval-period‎ (111)
fantasy‎ (103)
crime‎ (89)
made-into-movies-and-tv-shows‎ (88)
contemporary-romance‎ (85)
historical-set-in-ancient-times‎ (82)
time-travel‎ (75)
historical-set-in-20-century‎ (73)
romance-paranormal‎ (73)
chick-lit‎ (66)

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magic‎ (54)
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history‎ (45)
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mystery-thriller‎ (34)
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egypt‎ (25)
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microhistories-of-the-everyday‎ (20)

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novella‎ (17)
re-read‎ (16)
vikings‎ (15)
epic-fantasy‎ (14)
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suspense‎ (13)
holiday-christmas‎ (12)
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Raquel’s Quotes

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn

575 likes

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

20613 likes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

135278 likes

“At the temple there is a poem called "Loss" carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

tags: death, loss

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