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Nicola is Currently Reading

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Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #1)

by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)

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Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)

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The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting

by Naomi Kuttner (Goodreads Author)

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Nicola’s Notes & Highlights

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali

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“Maria,” I whispered, “how can one person make another person so happy? What amazing powers we must have, hidden deep inside us.”

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Hestia Strikes a Match

by Christine Grillo

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Nicola’s Quotes

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

tags: intelligence, mind, poverty

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“I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard”
― Malala Yousafzai

tags: inspirational-attitude, social-justice

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“Then almost raised her hand to her left brow, still tender, covered in cheap Maybelline foundation not her shade because no drugstore ever carried her shade.”
― Tara M. Stringfellow, Memphis

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“It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

tags: love

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