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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

by S.A. Chakraborty (Goodreads Author)

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read in April 2023

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Maris said: " Holy mother of pearls and treasure, I need to read more wild adventure stories of Amina ❤️❤️❤️ "

Apr 30, 2023 03:35PM · see review

Maris’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1)

Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1) by Jay Kristoff

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The wolf does not pity the lamb. The storm begs no forgiveness of the drowned.’

22 Jun 22 · Flag

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The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us.

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Maris’s Quotes

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

tags: books, bookstore, towns

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“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: books, literature, philosphy, poetry, reading

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

tags: inspirational

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“I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
― Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

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