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Patricia

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Patricia’s Quotes

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

tags: love, simile

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“Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know I'm not perfect
-and I don't live to be-
but before you start pointing fingers...
make sure you hands are clean!”
― Bob Marley

tags: judge, life, live, perfection

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“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: concern, empathy, listening, understanding-others

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“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: attributed-no-source

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“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”
― Richard Denney

tags: books, inspirational

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Patricia’s Groups

2013 Nicholas Sparks Challenge (from Debra's Book Cafe) — 155 members — last activity Dec 24, 2014 01:03AM
Nicholas Sparks is my favourite author of all time. I have read most of his books, apart from his new one Best of Me. I have always said that I want t ...more

Nicholas Sparks Novels — 2193 members — last activity Aug 24, 2025 03:21PM
This group has been created in order to recommend and discuss the beautiful novels of Nicholas Sparks. If you love Sparks, you'll love this group. Jo ...more

Brewing Tea Bag — 138 members — last activity Apr 02, 2013 01:45PM
A passionate group of people who love reading Chick-lit/contemporary/romance novels and Tea of all aroma's and flavors. We choose and read one book f ...more

2026 Big Book Challenge — 796 members — last activity May 25, 2026 02:36PM
Have some larger books to read this year? This is the place to share those. You set your own goal as to the number of books to read, or just keep trac ...more

BookTube 2018! — 9337 members — last activity Mar 22, 2026 04:57PM
For those of us who love GoodReads AND YouTube! Do you review novels on YouTube? Come join the group!

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