Maura

Maura’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (2593)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1722)
did-not-finish‎ (1)
fantasy‎ (447)
mystery‎ (424)
non-fic‎ (331)
series‎ (251)
ya‎ (250)
scifi‎ (175)
graphic-novel‎ (164)
abandoned‎ (62)

india‎ (58)
superheroes‎ (57)
shortstories‎ (55)
science‎ (45)
memoir‎ (38)
historical-fiction‎ (37)
romance‎ (34)
classic‎ (32)
dublin‎ (32)
generalfic‎ (32)
action-adventure‎ (31)
food‎ (31)

travel‎ (31)
religion‎ (29)
kids‎ (27)
paused‎ (24)
novella‎ (23)
history‎ (21)
play‎ (20)
potential_bookclub‎ (20)
baseball‎ (18)
music‎ (18)
book-club‎ (16)
london_trip_rec‎ (16)

humor‎ (14)
london‎ (9)
theatre‎ (9)
steampunk‎ (8)
willtgreens‎ (8)
essays‎ (7)
potentialnm‎ (7)
movies‎ (6)
blm‎ (5)
medical‎ (5)
amr-rec‎ (3)
career‎ (3)

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Maura’s Quotes

“They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.”
― Eddie Izzard

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“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.

tags: chocolate, strength

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“Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

tags: love, poetry, universe

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“How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

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“Someone once asked Dad: “But what do you want to save time for? What are you going to do with it?” “For work, if you love that best,” said Dad. “For education, for beauty, for art, for pleasure.” He looked over the top of his pince-nez. “For mumblety-peg, if that's where your heart lies.”
― Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen

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