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Samara O'Shea

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Born

in Philadelphia , The United States

Website

http://www.LetterLover.net

Genre

Nonfiction, Memoir, Self Help

Member Since

April 2013

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I've written two books paying homage to the written word and its healing powers. My third book offers inspiration and guidance to those suffering unrequited love. My books are a melting pot of personal stories, history, pop culture, literature and advice. In addition to the books, my work has also appeared in Woman's Day, Country Living, Marie Claire, and The Huffington Post. I have a master's degree in social work and am preparing to take my clinical license test in late September 2020.

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Average rating: 3.59 · 643 ratings · 133 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits 3.19 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loves Me... Not: How to Survive (and Thrive!) in the Face of Unrequited Love 4.29 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing 3.64 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Shallow Thoughts on JLo

While I’m sure the haven’t-seen-you-naked-in-17-years sex with Ben was (and is) AHHH-mazing, why can’t she be single for two minutes?! Jen, take six months (at least), process these relationships and your incessant need to be in them. You are beyond gorgeous at 51 and you’re going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. I […]

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“If you tolerate disrespectful behavior it will get worse over time.”
― Samara O'Shea, Loves Me... Not: How to Survive (and Thrive!) in the Face of Unrequited Love

tags: behavior, disrespect

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“A few years ago I was involved with a man and when we stopped seeing each other I worried about what it meant to him. Will he remember me the way I remember him? Did I make a lasting impression on him the way he did on me? At some point I thought about that little sentence describing one woman’s passion vs. a man’s dalliance and seeing how well her passion served her in other ways, and I chose not to care. I don’t care what he did or didn’t feel. What he does or doesn’t remember. I am a person and I count. It meant something to me, therefore it meant something. I will now take my passion and do what I damn well please. How extraordinary to be the passionate one.”
― Samara O'Shea, Loves Me... Not: How to Survive (and Thrive!) in the Face of Unrequited Love

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“English is curvaceous, complex, and beautiful. Fluent and fierce. She is the lover you will always adore but will never fully know because there’s too much to know. She is a true seductress—devious and overt, offering endless possibilities.”
― Samara O'Shea, For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing

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Samara’s Quotes

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
― Aldous Huxley

tags: introspection, solitude

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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

tags: love

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“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.”
― Richard Bach

tags: editing, richard-bach, writing

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“It's unexpectedly painful to have become a pronoun.”
― Robin Black, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This

tags: relationships, short-story

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“I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.”
― Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World

tags: gender

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