Reen

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to-read‎ (1388)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (610)
romance‎ (120)
juvenile-fiction‎ (102)
children‎ (89)
ya‎ (86)
teen‎ (68)
fantasy‎ (62)
favorites‎ (59)
classics‎ (53)
coming-of-age‎ (53)

race‎ (49)
drama‎ (43)
adult‎ (41)
women-of-color-writer‎ (41)
historical-fiction‎ (38)
thriller-mystery‎ (36)
sexuality‎ (34)
paranormal‎ (33)
feminism‎ (32)
pre-teen‎ (32)
fairytale‎ (29)
dystopian‎ (27)

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play‎ (25)
sf‎ (25)
friendship‎ (23)
picture-books‎ (23)
mystery-suspense‎ (22)
adventure‎ (21)
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heroines‎ (14)

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graphic-novel‎ (11)
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asian-american‎ (8)
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Reen’s Quotes

“...no one can put a price on losing everything.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: beliefs, books, boyfriend, choices, faith, family, friendships, girlfriend, hang-ups, in-love, life, love, marriage, memories, moving-on, nostalgia, obsessions, peace, relationships, religion, sister-in-laws, sisters, spouse, unrequited-love, wife, writing

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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.” I struggle to think of any line of thinking more linked to being a socialized female than to consider the declaration of simply existing to feel like a form of bragging. But that, of course, is the plight of the feeling girl: to be told again and again that her very existence is something not worth declaring.”
― Alana Massey, All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers

tags: feminism, gender, plath, women

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“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: racism

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“I am trying to see things in perspective. My dog wants a bite of my peanut butter chocolate chip bagel. I know she cannot have this, because chocolate makes dogs very sick. My dog does not understand this. She pouts and wraps herself around my leg like a scarf and purrs and tries to convince me to give her just a tiny bit. When I do not give in, she eventually gives up and lays in the corner, under the piano, drooping and sad. I hope the universe has my best interest in mind like I have my dog’s. When I want something with my whole being, and the universe withholds it from me, I hope the universe thinks to herself: "Silly girl. She thinks this is what she wants, but she does not understand how it will hurt.”
― Blythe Baird

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