Beth

Beth’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (347)
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owned-tbr‎ (98)
owned-for-classroom‎ (45)
to-be-continued‎ (10)

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classroom‎ (149)
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poetry‎ (29)
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plays‎ (27)
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childrens‎ (14)
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short-stories‎ (11)

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poetry-narratives‎ (7)
teaching‎ (5)
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taught-previously‎ (1)

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Beth’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“Success is not the result of making one good choice, of taking one step. Real success requires step, after step, after step, after step. It requires choice after choice, it demands life-long education and passion and commitment and persistence and hunger and patience.”
― Jesmyn Ward, Navigate Your Stars

tags: dedication, drive, hard-work, inspirational, motivation, persistence, success

7 likes

“The space between two shores is the ocean and being caught in between feels like drowning. And, really, what is the point of tears among so much salt water?”
― Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish

tags: depression, ocean, sadness, tears

36 likes

“And I get up because it is the only thing I can do.”
― Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones

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“You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

tags: african-americans, being-yourself, blacks, growing-up, race-relations, racism, self

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