Shadira

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Shadira’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for What Freedom Smells Like: A Memoir

What Freedom Smells Like: A Memoir by Amy Lewis

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The ocean possesses two elements that deeply turn me – wildness and power.

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“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

tags: success

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“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

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“Here is one of the great truths of the human condition: when you need Stayfree Maxi Pads to absorb the expectorants produced by your insulted body, you are in serious fucking trouble.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

tags: deep

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“Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery: an autobiography

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“The older I grow, the more I am convinced that there is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women.”
― Booker T. Washington

tags: education, great-people, leaders

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Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 42997 members — last activity 3 hours, 30 min ago
This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2026 (or any other year). The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge ...more

Leesclub de Boekenworm — 19 members — last activity Oct 13, 2013 11:33AM
Lees je graag? Hoor je graag hoe anderen gepassioneerd over boeken vertellen? Heb je zelf ook een mening? Vind je het leuk om recensies te schrijven? ...more

The Next Best Book Club — 26142 members — last activity 18 hours, 45 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

Morning Coffee Group — 430 members — last activity Oct 27, 2025 09:47PM
This is a group for readers that like a variety of books. We like more than one genre of book and we like more than a few authors, we like good books ...more

My Nook Friends — 20 members — last activity Nov 18, 2016 11:57PM
We are a book group sharing interest in reading, discussion, books, and everything Nook by Barnes and Noble. This group serves as a central location f ...more

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