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Simply Psychology (DK Simply)

by D.K. Publishing

bookshelves: psychology, currently-reading

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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: philosophy, currently-reading

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The Complete Make-Ahead Cookbook: From Appetizers to Desserts 500 Recipes You Can Make in Advance (The Complete ATK Cookbook Series)

by America's Test Kitchen

bookshelves: cooking, currently-reading

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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: books, power-of-words, reading

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“Time moves on for us, for you it stands still. You will be forever ageless as we grow old, your smile will never wrinkle, nor will that shine in your eyes fade..”
― Kendal Rob

tags: death, love, missing-you

54 likes

“I recreate myself; that is my only power.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, myself, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, power, quotes, recreate, thoughts, wisdom

76 likes

“I miss your silent stature, your avoided days of disaster, your present state of distress.
I’m cinnamon, cloves and fire, you are the rested cedarwood of desire.”
― Jamie Weise

tags: cinnamon, desire, friendship-quotes, friendship-true-and-loyal, jamie-weise, love, missing-you

91 likes