Maria White

Maria’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (215)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (612)
did-not-finish‎ (1)
fantasy_mythology_fiction‎ (3)
fiction_contemporary‎ (3)
mystery_crime‎ (3)
russian-literature-classics‎ (3)
sci-fi_classics‎ (3)
classics_fiction_adventure‎ (2)
contemporary_romance‎ (2)
fantasy_classics_childrens‎ (2)

fiction_contemporary_british‎ (2)
horror_fiction‎ (2)
sci-fi‎ (2)
young-adult_dystopia‎ (2)
autobiography-stories-poetry‎ (1)
biography_medicine_book-club‎ (1)
biography_philosophy_buddhism‎ (1)
books_about_books‎ (1)
classics_fiction_american‎ (1)
classics_fiction_mystery‎ (1)
contemporary_germany‎ (1)
contemporary_russia‎ (1)

contemporary_russia_armenia‎ (1)
contemporary_russia_lgbt‎ (1)
crime_detective‎ (1)
fantasy-historical-cats‎ (1)
fantasy_crime‎ (1)
fantasy_magic_crime‎ (1)
fantasy_mythology_russian‎ (1)
fantasy_romance‎ (1)
fiction_china‎ (1)
fiction_classics_russian‎ (1)
fiction_contemporary_cyprus‎ (1)
fiction_contemporary_france‎ (1)

fiction_contemporary_romance‎ (1)
fiction_contemporary_space‎ (1)
fiction_dystopia‎ (1)
fiction_feminism‎ (1)
fiction_humour_contemporary‎ (1)
fiction_magical-realism‎ (1)
fiction_middle-east‎ (1)
fiction_mystery‎ (1)
fiction_romance_contemporary‎ (1)
graphic_novels_nonfiction‎ (1)
historical_fantasy_russia‎ (1)
historical_fiction_england‎ (1)

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Maria’s Quotes

“What’s next?” he asked. “Dragons?” “Unlikely,” I said, which proved later to be unwarranted confidence on my part.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Stone and Sky

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“Hidden by that was a wrought-iron gate. As I touched it I thought I heard the clash of swords, the shouting of men and the creaking of wagon wheels. When I stepped through into the warm shade of the tree the quality of the air changed, became richer, older—untainted by particulates or petrol fumes.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Stone and Sky

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“Rome for me is a painter's palette, a chiaroscuro of burnished pinks, old copper, walnut, honey, ivory, mocha. It is also its own music, a piano sonata..”
― Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House

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“Books are the flung-open windows to a parallel universe.”
― Kevin Ansbro

tags: book-lover, book-lovers, books, bookworm, fiction, literature, readers, readers-and-writers, reading

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“Nightingale waits—he’s good at waiting. He once told me that the most important thing he’s learned in his long life is how to wait. Mind you, he can wait in lots of different ways—this is the way that says, I’m so old and patient, I can do this all day.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Stone and Sky

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