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Role Model (Game Changers, #5)

by Rachel Reid

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The Forest and the Flame (The Essence of the Earth Trilogy Book 1)

by S.C. Wolf (Goodreads Author)

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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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A woman who is not liked is a bitch, and a bitch can hardly do anything: all avenues are closed to her.

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“When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

tags: blindness, bravery, courage, life

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“Women cannot compete with men in physical prowess. And why in the name of all that is sane should we? Why not rather have our ambition go into sport for health, endurance, and the mere love of it?”
― Michael Sokolove, Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports

tags: sports, women

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“I have told people that writing this book has been like brushing away dirt from a fossil. What a load of shit. It has been like hacking away at a freezer with a screwdriver.”
― Amy Poehler

tags: writing-books

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“The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

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“We hear about Tiger Woods as a prodigy at three years old. For every Tiger Woods, there are thousands of kids who never want to touch a golf club again.”
― Michael Sokolove, Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports

tags: golf, prodigy, sports

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