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Barbara’s Quotes

“Stars shine long after they've flamed out and the shine they shine with is love.”
― Matt de la Pena, Love

tags: inspirational, life, love

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“People film everything. We’re not even human, just a series of ten-second clips and likes/not likes.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, You'd Be Home Now

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“It's not stuff you leave with. It's love.”
― Matt de la Pena, Love

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“Words matter, in fact. They're not pointless, as you've suggested. If they were pointless, then they couldn't start revolutions and they wouldn't change history. If they were just words, we wouldn't write songs or listen to them. We wouldn't beg to be read to as kids. If they were just words, then stories wouldn't have been around since before we could write. We wouldn't have learned to write. If they were just words, people wouldn't fall in love because of them, feel bad because of them, ache because of them, and stop aching because of them." (p. 210) (Henry Jones)”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

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“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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Goodreads Librarians Group — 311067 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

NCBLA 2011 — 7 members — last activity Jul 07, 2011 08:27AM
A place to discuss books read by the 2011 NCBLA Committee.

Mock Printz 2026 — 1177 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 12:33PM
Reading the best of the best in Young Adult literature published in the previous year. Our goal is to find the book the American Library Association's ...more

Mock Caldecott 2026 — 1577 members — last activity Jan 27, 2026 04:06PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Caldecott Award winning books.

Mock Newbery 2026 — 3183 members — last activity Jan 29, 2026 01:34PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.

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