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Mariska is Currently Reading

Mariska is currently reading

House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

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Jul 13, 2026 10:40PM

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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)

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"Bluh, dit is vooral een hoop gezeur, ik ben nog aan het overwegen of ik het ga dnf'en, want veel reviews zijn positief maar ik erger me enorm aan zijn privilege. De auteur mag een jaar in Rome wonen om te schrijven, hij krijgt er voor betaald en al zijn onkosten worden volgens mij vergoed, zelfs zijn vrouw en kinderen mogen mee. Dat is de droom, toch? Maar ondertussen loopt hij vooral te zeuren..." — Jul 10, 2026 12:17PM

Jul 10, 2026 12:17PM

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De wraak van de furie (Mus en kapitein Kwaadbaard #4)

by Kevin Hassing

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Mariska’s Quotes

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: crying, heartfelt, shame, sorrow, tears

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“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.”
― Virginia Woolf

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: freedom, women, writing

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