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Isla Jane Noriega

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Isla Jane Noriega (EYE-lah NOR-ee-EH-guh, nor-YAY-guh) is a two-time writing workshop fellow (so far), National Book Development Board-registered author, and creative writer-in-progress based in Cebu, Philippines. For the curious, learn more about her here.

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Stay a Little Longer

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“If you want to find out if someone is a true bookworm or not, give them a thousand page novel and see what happens.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri

“It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel”
― John Green Paper Towns

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“Love is beyond space and time. It reaches out to the heart of the person that you are missing. Love binds two souls and not two bodies.”
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“He will never let her go. Never. she belongs to him..Forever.”
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“I am never alone, the pages of a book keeps me my mind occupied.”
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