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Donna

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Donna’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1418)
looks-interesting‎ (676)
didnt-finish‎ (84)
the-stacks‎ (70)
wishlist‎ (37)
wishlist-out-of-print‎ (36)
decided-against‎ (24)
reference‎ (18)
library‎ (519)
goal-non-us‎ (6)

goal-nonfiction‎ (6)
fantasy‎ (338)
urban-fantasy‎ (298)
nonfiction‎ (261)
historical‎ (222)
mystery-and-crime‎ (178)
young-adult‎ (173)
sci-fi‎ (164)
romance‎ (118)
horror‎ (104)
library-wishilist‎ (103)
book-club‎ (68)

short-collections‎ (64)
not-at-my-library‎ (62)
biography-memoir‎ (59)
history‎ (57)
ships-and-explorers‎ (51)
adventure‎ (42)
classics‎ (41)
book-club-suggestions‎ (38)
dystopia-apocalyptic‎ (35)
graphic-novel‎ (28)
sabatini‎ (26)
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Donna’s Quotes

“Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory

tags: morality

358 likes

“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: convoluted-speech, expression, humor, intelligibility, sarcasm

481 likes

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
― Dorothy Parker

tags: beauty, classic-insult, humor, ugly

3580 likes

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt

40748 likes

“Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

tags: philosophy-of-life

251 likes

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