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Inês Baptista

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“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

tags: brain, mind

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“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

tags: courage, moving-forward, perseverance

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“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”
― Jane Goodall

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“That which you believe becomes your world.”
― Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come

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“Silence—people are afraid of it—they feel the need to make small talk, anything, just to break the stillness. I don’t feel any such need. To me, silence brings about peace and certitude.”
― Henry Martin, Escaping Barcelona

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Sou fã de sagas! — 212 members — last activity Jan 30, 2020 01:16AM
Ler uma saga/série de livros é bem diferente do que ler um livro só. Por isso mesmo este grupo é dirigido a todos aqueles que gostam dessa leitura de ...more

Twitter Book Club — 90 members — last activity Oct 15, 2014 07:17AM
Discussing books with a 140 characters limit is challenging, sure, but who doesn't love a challenge? Our goal is to select, choose and debate a book ...more