Isabel Simões

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Isabel’s Quotes

“We live as we dream--alone....”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

tags: dream, loneliness

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“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: art, chaos

6814 likes

“This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
― T.S. Eliot

tags: apocalypse, despair, poetry

3265 likes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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“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

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Around the World in 80 Books — 30379 members — last activity 3 hours, 50 min ago
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Polls for Our Souls — 11350 members — last activity 12 hours, 34 min ago
Create polls and have people in the group vote on them! Only join this group if you don't mind getting an occasional poll invite. Each individual shou ...more

Fox Book Club — 2553 members — last activity Dec 09, 2021 07:05AM
Welcome to the Fox Book Club! This is fun supportive group for anyone wanting to buddy read with me. For 2020, I thought we could read my "20 book ...more

Admirers of Juliet Marillier Books — 195 members — last activity Apr 07, 2020 04:27AM
This group is dedicated to the love and discussion of the author Juliet Marillier and her books.

The Merciless Read A Long! — 74 members — last activity Oct 31, 2017 02:38PM
A (super casual) read a long for The Merciless by Danielle Vega! Read the book with me throughout the rest of the month of October! Discuss with othe ...more

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