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Colleen is now friends with Kristin Bassett
May 19, 2013 08:03pm · like
Colleen wants to read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)	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
May 15, 2013 04:26pm
Colleen rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka read in May, 2013	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
Isolation is curious and sad, and Kafka knew that well.
May 15, 2013 04:09pm · see review
Colleen rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Continual Condition: Poems by Charles Bukowski read in May, 2013	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
Dipping my toe in the water and liking it.
May 15, 2013 03:51pm · see review
Colleen rated a book 2 of 5 stars Life of Pi by Yann Martel read in May, 2013	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
One hundred pages and I just can't bring my self to read any more. :(
May 14, 2013 11:10pm · see review
Colleen rated a book 2 of 5 stars Joy School (Katie Nash, #2) by Elizabeth Berg read in May, 2013	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
Meh.
May 14, 2013 11:03pm · see review
Colleen rated a book 4 of 5 stars Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg read in May, 2013	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
A beautiful heart breaker, a man slowly unspooling the thread of his beginnings, his failings, his complications. I loved the timbre of the language, the way my thoughts began to move in cadence with his words, despite the brutality of some of the ta...more
May 06, 2013 07:32pm · see review
Colleen wants to read Home Made Winter by Yvette van Boven	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
May 06, 2013 07:17pm
Colleen wants to read The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom	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
Apr 20, 2013 03:18pm

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“May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

28 people liked it

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
― August Wilson

tags: character, courage, self-assessment, self-esteem, strength

62 people liked it

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

tags: butterflies, days, fanny-brawne, fifty-common-years, letter, love, summer, three

860 people liked it

“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
― John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature

tags: life, opportunity

1,268 people liked it

“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.”
― Seán O'Casey, Three More Plays: The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Red Roses For Me

tags: hope, sun

1,402 people liked it

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