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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Shadira’s Quotes

“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
― Mae West

tags: women

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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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“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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“Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.”
― Terry McMillan , Disappearing Acts

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

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Shadira’s Groups

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 42993 members — last activity 2 hours, 12 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 — 26137 members — last activity 5 hours, 37 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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