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Si las palabras son armas, el silencio es llevarlas ocultas: Poemas recopilados 2013 - 2020
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Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

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Crónica de una muerte anunciada

by Gabriel García Márquez

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Marcela said: " 10/10 Colombian Excellence. Thankful to be literate guao. "

Jan 15, 2026 05:38AM · see review

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

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Marcela wants to read The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction, Readers' Favorite Debut Novel, Readers' Favorite Audiobook	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
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Marcela made a comment on leynes’s review of The Road Not Taken and Other Poems " Yea I was gonna comment “look at what the US glorifies” and you said it for me… embarrassing !!! "
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Marcela and 26 other people liked leynes's review of The Road Not Taken and Other Poems: "This review is the equivalent of a hate crime. Proceed with caution. *** THESE POEMS ARE SO FUCKING BAD???? LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON??? DON'T TELL ME ANYONE ACTUALLY ENJOYS THESE POEMS???? THIS MAN CAN'T WRITE A NARRATIVE POEM FOR HIS LIFE. I AM ACTUALLY " Read more of this review »
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Marcela made a comment on their status in Nineteen Eighty-Four " leynes wrote: "is it the rat scene???? is it??? bc that shit traumatised me for monthsss" haha no not yet, I just finished part 2 and they got bambooz ...more "
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Marcela’s Quotes

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

tags: life, love

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“Be so good they can't ignore you.”
― Steve Martin

tags: hater, haters, life

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“Es prudente oír música antes del desayuno.”
― Andrés Caicedo, ¡Que viva la música!

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“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”
― Thomas Merton, Love and Living

tags: connection, destiny, fate, life, love, meaning

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“Mi poderosisima energia no frustra a los hombres que no me tienen, porque de tanto mirarme les llega la conciencia de exactamente por que no me merecen.”
― Andrés Caicedo, ¡Que viva la música!

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