Colleen

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adventure‎ (12)
fantasy‎ (12)

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travel‎ (6)
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Colleen’s Quotes

“We All Have Light In our Lives,
You Just Need To Find The Switch.”
― Official Barbie Michelle

tags: inspirational-quotes

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“If you make me lunch," he said, "will you put it in a brown paper bag?...Because when I see kids come to school with their lunch in a paper bag, that means that someone cares about them. Miss Laura, can I please have my lunch in a paper bag?”
― Laura Schroff, An Invisible Thread

tags: children, love, service

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“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: adaptation, flexibility, intelligence, open-mindedness, wisdom

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“...you can't let something that'll probably never happen ruin your life. You're only helping to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy”
― Raymond Khoury, The Last Templar

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“Can words sprout wings? Can they glide like butterflies through the air? Can they captivate us, carry us off into another world? Can they open the last secret chambers of our souls?”
― Jan-Philipp Sendker, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

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Colleen’s Groups

Around the World in 80 Books — 31293 members — last activity 10 hours, 50 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction — 6180 members — last activity Apr 09, 2026 02:36PM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more

The History Book Club — 26161 members — last activity May 18, 2026 04:03PM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more