Emma

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Emma is Currently Reading

Emma is currently reading

Tagebuch eines Killerbots (The Murderbot Diaries, #1-4)

by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, auf-deutsch, books-i-own, sci-fi

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Emma’s Quotes

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

tags: life, world

2694 likes

“Travel causes some affliction of the eye, and after a while no place it rests looks like home.”
― Sean Russell, The One Kingdom

4 likes

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

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“Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs.”
― Imogen Binnie, Nevada

tags: gender

102 likes

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

tags: entrepreneurship, inspirational, leadership

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