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Samuel is Currently Reading

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Matilda

by Roald Dahl

bookshelves: currently-reading, biblioteca

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(page 82 of 264)
"-Espero que estén escuchando esto -dijo dirigiéndose al resto de la clase-. Matilda es una chica muy afortunada. Tiene unos padres maravillosos que ya le enseñaron a multiplicar por un montón de números. ¿Fue tu madre quien te enseñó, Matilda? -No, señorita Miel, no. -Entonces debes de tener un padre magnífico. Debe de ser un profesor excelente. -No, señorita Miel -dijo Matilda reposadamente-. Mi padre no me enseñó." — Oct 28, 2025 01:38PM

Oct 28, 2025 01:27PM

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Cómo la vida imita al ajedrez

by Garry Kasparov

bookshelves: ajedrez, biblioteca, currently-reading

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"Acerca de Kramnik: «[En Londres] Kramnik usó una estrategia muy buena y consiguió que funcionara. No es el primero a quien se le ocurrió contener a Kasparov en la forma en la que él lo hizo; pero otra cosa muy distinta es, además, ser capaz de hacerlo» (Viswanathan Anand)." — Sep 16, 2025 04:33PM

Sep 16, 2025 04:33PM

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How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond

by Levy Rozman

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"A weakness can mean a piece, a square, or an area of the board that is inadequately defended and therefore is exploitable for either immediate or long-term gain." — Oct 16, 2024 10:58AM

Oct 16, 2024 10:55AM

Samuel’s Quotes

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

tags: books, life

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“Love can make even nice people do awful things.”
― Jude Deveraux

tags: an-angel-for-emily, emily-todd

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“Dicen que murió de frío. Yo sé que murió de amor.”
― José Martí, Obra poética

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“Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”
― Anaïs Nin, Incest: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1932-1934

tags: ecstasy, escape, freedom, intoxication, reality

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