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Laura’s Bookshelves

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leadership‎ (3)
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Laura’s Quotes

“I want my kids to have the things in life that I never had when I was growing up. Things like beards and chest hair.”
― Jarod Kintz, I Want

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“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.”
― Anthony Bourdain

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“It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them. ”
― Eva Ibbotson, The Secret of Platform 13

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“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: poetry

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Laura’s Groups

KDL Kentwood Staff — 10 members — last activity Mar 09, 2016 08:41AM
Kent District Library, Kentwood Branch's Staff GoodReads Group ...more

Kent District Library — 398 members — last activity Jan 31, 2023 09:09AM
Information, Ideas, Excitement! 19 branches serving Kent County, Michigan. Visit us online at www.kdl.org. Make sure you add Kent District Library as ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222889 members — last activity Mar 21, 2026 02:17AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more