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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Mar 19, 2024
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- ...any human being is capable of terrible things if you push them hard enough.
SupercommunicatorsSupercommunicators, BookHow to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
by Duhigg, CharlesBook - 2024Book, 2024
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Mar 18, 2024
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- Sometimes people don't know how to listen… They think listening means debating, and if you let someone else make a good point, you're doing something wrong. But listening means letting someone else tell their story, and then, even if you don't agree with them, trying to understand why they feel that way.Sometimes people don't know how to listen… They think listening means debating, and if you let someone else make a good point, you're doing something wrong. But listening means letting someone else tell their story, and then, even if you don't agree…
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Mar 15, 2024
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- Sometimes you have to stand and fight. Sometimes running away isn't an option.
The Sun SisterThe Sun Sister, Downloadable Audiobook
by Riley, LucindaDownloadable Audiobook - 2020Downloadable Audiobook, 2020
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Mar 14, 2024
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- ...you have to work out who is important to you, and to hold fast to them. You have to do whatever it takes to make yourself and those you love happy, because before you know it, your life could be over.
Queen SugarQueen Sugar, Downloadable AudiobookA Novel
by Baszile, NatalieDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Mar 09, 2024
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- How often, on this great spinning ball where we're all just struggling to lead our tiny lives, do you get to see evidence of God's grace and know, the way you know your name, that at least for a little while, maybe just a few seconds, you can stop worrying, and take a deep breath, because things are all right?How often, on this great spinning ball where we're all just struggling to lead our tiny lives, do you get to see evidence of God's grace and know, the way you know your name, that at least for a little while, maybe just a few seconds, you can stop…
Emily Wilde's Map of the OtherlandsEmily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, Downloadable Audiobook
by Fawcett, HeatherDownloadable Audiobook - 2024Downloadable Audiobook, 2024
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Holds: 7 on 3 copies
Holds: 7 on 3 copies
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Mar 09, 2024
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- I loved him, and I suspected that I would grow to love this beautiful, horrifying place if given the chance. I wanted the chance. I wanted Faerie, its every secret and its every door. If there was danger in my decision--- and I knew there was--- then so be it. I loved him, and I suspected that I would grow to love this beautiful, horrifying place if given the chance. I wanted the chance. I wanted Faerie, its every secret and its every door. If there was danger in my decision--- and I knew there was---…
Let Us DescendLet Us Descend, Downloadable AudiobookA Novel
by Ward, JesmynDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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Holds: 3 on 3 copies
Holds: 3 on 3 copies
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 27, 2024
Quotations
- How to apologize for wanting some word, some story, some beautiful thing for my own?
YellowfaceYellowface, Downloadable Audiobook
by Kuang, R. F.Downloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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Holds: 12 on 10 copies
Holds: 12 on 10 copies
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 25, 2024
Quotations
- Reading lets us live in someone else’s shoes. Literature builds bridges; it makes our world larger, not smaller
The Warm Hands of GhostsThe Warm Hands of Ghosts, BookA Novel
by Arden, KatherineBook - 2024Book, 2024
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 24, 2024
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 20, 2024
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- Well, dreams take time to come true and even then, they’re not always in the places we expect to find them. I suppose we have to be patient and concentrate on what we have today.
The Only One LeftThe Only One Left, Preloaded AudiobookA Novel
by Sager, RileyPreloaded Audiobook - 2023Preloaded Audiobook, 2023
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 20, 2024
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- Even a prison becomes comforting if it’s the only thing you know.
The Frozen RiverThe Frozen River, Downloadable AudiobookA Novel
by Lawhon, ArielDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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Holds: 72 on 13 copies
Holds: 72 on 13 copies
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 12, 2024
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- Like all mothers, I have long since mastered the art of nursing joy at one breast and grief at the other.
EnoughEnough, Downloadable Audiobook
by Hutchinson, CassidyDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 12, 2024
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- While I had hesitated in previous interviews to share details about the president’s unhinged behavior, I now understood the gravity of those moments. Trump’s temperament wasn’t rational, but neither was it unfamiliar to me. His outbursts shed light on how his volcanic temper and egotism had lit the match that set his followers’ torches ablaze.While I had hesitated in previous interviews to share details about the president’s unhinged behavior, I now understood the gravity of those moments. Trump’s temperament wasn’t rational, but neither was it unfamiliar to me. His outbursts shed light…
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 12, 2024
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- Knowing about racism and being abused by its wrath were two different things.
Congratulations, the Best Is Over!Congratulations, the Best Is Over!, Downloadable AudiobookEssays
by Thomas, R. EricDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Feb 06, 2024
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- Often, it feels like so many of us who are considered “other” don’t have narrative or political value beyond the worst parts of our lives. But I know that we are more than that. I know that we can choose to share what is hard or choose to share some piece of our joy and hope, and the work is worthy either way.Often, it feels like so many of us who are considered “other” don’t have narrative or political value beyond the worst parts of our lives. But I know that we are more than that. I know that we can choose to share what is hard or choose to share some…
WorthyWorthy, Downloadable Audiobook
by Smith, Jada PinkettDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 31, 2024
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- Just because someone stumbles and loses their way doesn’t mean they are lost forever.
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 31, 2024
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- ...people like to divvy up one another with names. Jew. Catholic. German. Pole. But these were the wrong names. They were the wrong dividing lines. Kindness. Cruelty. Love and hate. These were the borders that mattered.
Build the Life You WantBuild the Life You Want, BookThe Art and Science of Getting Happier
by Brooks, Arthur C.Book - 2023Book, 2023
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 31, 2024
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- The macronutrients of happiness are enjoyment, satisfaction, and purpose.
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 22, 2024
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- So many humans wandered round in circles, wishing for a future they were too fearful to seize.
Just Another Missing PersonJust Another Missing Person, Downloadable AudiobookA Novel
by McAllister, GillianDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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Holds: 0 on 7 copies
Holds: 0 on 7 copies
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 19, 2024
Quotations
- How much I love you. You'll never know it, either. You will only have some idea, if you have a child of your own one day, of the things you will do to protect them...
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 19, 2024
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- You have to speak the thing that you’re feeling, even if it scares you. You have to tell your story. You have to raise your voice.
The Island of Missing TreesThe Island of Missing Trees, Downloadable AudiobookA Novel
by Shafak, ElifDownloadable Audiobook - 2021Downloadable Audiobook, 2021
ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 19, 2024
Quotations
- Where do you start someone's story when life has more then one thread and what we call birth is not the only beginning, nor is death exactly an end.
All My Knotted-Up LifeAll My Knotted-Up Life, Downloadable AudiobookA Memoir
by Moore, BethDownloadable Audiobook - 2023Downloadable Audiobook, 2023
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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 13, 2024
Quotations
- We're too flawed and too challenged by history, circumstance, and chemistry to hoard grace for long.
Give and TakeGive and Take, Downloadable AudiobookA Revolutionary Approach to Success
by Grant, AdamDownloadable Audiobook - 2013Downloadable Audiobook, 2013
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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 13, 2024
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- The art of advocacy is to lead you to my conclusion on your terms.
A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaA Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Downloadable AudiobookA Novel
by Marra, AnthonyDownloadable Audiobook - 2013Downloadable Audiobook, 2013
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ArapahoeMaryA's rating:
Added Jan 13, 2024
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- Forgetting is a luxury we cannot afford.