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Alicia

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Alicia’s Bookshelves

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medicine‎ (3)
anthropology‎ (2)

cancer‎ (2)
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Alicia’s Quotes

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire

tags: answers, man, questions, thinking

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“Mother, who has an absolute belief that it is not the cards that one is dealt in life, it is how one plays them, is, by far, the highest card I was dealt.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

tags: family, humour, love

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“But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most depressed, you're given excellent reason to be even more so.”
― Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

tags: bipolar, humor, mania, manic, mental-illness, psychology

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Alicia’s Groups

Cancer — 3 members — last activity May 31, 2013 03:43PM
Books that are of help to cancer patients (no specific type of cancer specified - all kinds included). Can include Mind-Body Medicine books.

Book Buying Addicts Anonymous — 3310 members — last activity Dec 12, 2025 09:39AM
All are welcome, but this group is meant for those who not only love to read, but those who also love to buy their books to read as well as those who ...more

Cancer — 3 members — last activity Mar 18, 2013 05:09PM
Books that are of help to cancer patients (no specific type of cancer specified - all kinds included). Can include Mind-Body Medicine books.