Isabel Simões

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Isabel’s Quotes

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: poetry

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

165644 likes

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: humor, love, romantic, women

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Isabel’s Groups

Around the World in 80 Books — 31309 members — last activity 9 hours, 48 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Fox Book Club — 2524 members — last activity Dec 09, 2021 07:05AM
Welcome to the Fox Book Club! This is fun supportive group for anyone wanting to buddy read with me. For 2020, I thought we could read my "20 book ...more

Admirers of Juliet Marillier Books — 194 members — last activity Apr 07, 2020 04:27AM
This group is dedicated to the love and discussion of the author Juliet Marillier and her books.

The Merciless Read A Long! — 73 members — last activity Oct 31, 2017 02:38PM
A (super casual) read a long for The Merciless by Danielle Vega! Read the book with me throughout the rest of the month of October! Discuss with othe ...more