Raphie Cordero

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Raphie is Currently Reading

Raphie Cordero is currently reading

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

by Amélie Wen Zhao (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, asian, fantasy

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"This book is a bit slow. The world building is a bit confusing at the beginning because there are a lot of names, historical events, and the system of magic. I’d space out sometimes and would need to reread HAHAH idk if my attention span is bad now or if the pacing is dragging.

This is interesting enough tho because I’m learning about Chinese folklore" — Aug 30, 2026 09:11PM

Aug 25, 2026 09:15PM

Raphie’s Quotes

“It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity”
― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

tags: tess-of-the-d-urbervilles

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“Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence

246 likes

“Girls aren't very good at keeping maps in their brains", said Edmund, "That's because we've got something in them", replied Lucy.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

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“Mga mamamayan din ang mga bumubuo ng gobyerno at sila ang higit na nakapag-aral.'

'Ngunit tulad po ng ibang tao, nagkakamali kaya hindi dapat maging bingi sa kuro-kuro ng iba.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

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“When a people holds onto its language, it holds onto a semblance of freedom, like a man who holds onto his independence when he retains his own way of thinking. Language is the thought of a people.”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo

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