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Amanda’s Quotes

“We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.”
― Anne Lamott

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“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.”
― Sylvia Plath

tags: life

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“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
― Sid Ziff

tags: bad-reviews, book, humorist, misattributed-dorothy-parker, wit

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“And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: confidences, secrets, sharing-secrets

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“I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.' I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

tags: blorft, grammar-humor, humor, stress

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Feminist Reader — 78 members — last activity Aug 14, 2012 11:44AM
A group where people can talk about feminist non-fiction books and feminist issues that effect them. Hopefully fellow feminist can connect and talk ab ...more

Dystopias and Social Critiques — 1009 members — last activity Aug 22, 2026 07:50AM
This is a group for all the fans of Dystopias out there. Share your favorite dystopias, get new recommendations, and talk with other fans about this e ...more

Ms. Reviews & Bookmarks — 642 members — last activity Oct 25, 2016 09:33PM
Ms. Reviews and Bookmarks from Ms Magazine. In its 35 years of publishing, no other magazine has influenced public policy, the way we live, and our h ...more