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Joanne Pabustan-Suba

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Joanne’s Quotes

“It wasn't the aloneness that Liz minded. It was the silence. It echoed.”
― Amy Zhang

tags: alone, life, loneliness, sadness, silence

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“Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that going is hard work.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

tags: happiness, marriage

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“... it is hard to throw off long-established love: Hard, but this you must manage somehow...”
― Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm

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“We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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“Because Liz Emerson held so much darkness within her that closing her eyes didn't make much of a difference at all.”
― Amy Zhang, Falling into Place

tags: amy-zhang, falling-into-place

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Addicted to YA — 66231 members — last activity 23 minutes ago
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put bac ...more

Goodreads Authors/Readers — 56562 members — last activity 32 minutes ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

The YA Book Club — 21831 members — last activity May 03, 2026 09:25AM
This is a book club for all those who love Young Adult books. We know you love to read, and so do we. We will have optional group reads each month. If ...more