mariam

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mariam’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (542)
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read‎ (110)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fiction‎ (60)
must-have‎ (46)
ya‎ (36)
romance‎ (30)
fantasy‎ (22)
killer-cover‎ (21)
sci-fi‎ (15)
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rom-com‎ (7)
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mariam’s Quotes

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

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

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“Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
― David Baldacci, The Camel Club

tags: books, peace, people, reading, world

1661 likes

“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
― Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

991 likes

“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”
― Margaret Atwood

tags: love, obsession, sleep

4184 likes

“Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

tags: inspirational, reason, sorrow, trial

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