mariam

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mariam’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (110)
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must-have‎ (46)
ya‎ (36)
romance‎ (30)
fantasy‎ (22)
killer-cover‎ (21)
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mariam’s Quotes

“You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes".”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

tags: contrast, happiness, unhappiness

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“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

658 likes

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

101724 likes

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

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

135887 likes

“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

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