Sharyn

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Sharyn’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (372)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (573)
audiobook‎ (292)
general-fiction‎ (149)
mystery‎ (97)
re-read‎ (84)
historical-fiction‎ (78)

romance‎ (67)
non-fiction‎ (63)
apocalyptic-disaster-fic‎ (50)
e-books‎ (38)
my-own-bookshelves‎ (38)
juvenile‎ (34)
science-fiction‎ (29)
teen-books‎ (26)

favorites‎ (24)
glbt‎ (18)
abandoned‎ (15)
graphic-novel‎ (15)
translated‎ (13)
memoir‎ (10)
short-stories‎ (9)
newbery-medal-winner‎ (8)

poetry‎ (8)
essays‎ (5)
western‎ (3)
banned-book-month‎ (2)
photography‎ (2)

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Sharyn’s Quotes

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky

tags: books, censorship, illiteracy, reading

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“Mainly because people were what they were and you couldn't change them. most of the time, they couldn't change themselves, even if they were desperate to be somebody different from who they were. So, best keep your distance.”
― Charles Frazier, Nightwoods

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“That's right, I am a book kisser.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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“I need to ask myself, 'What would an Apollo astronaut do?' He'd drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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