Category: Books
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Mad Honey
“How similar does someone have to be to you before you remember to see them, first, as a human?”
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Other Birds
“There are birds, and then there are other birds. Maybe they don’t sing. Maybe they don’t fly. Maybe they don’t fit in. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather be an other bird than just the same old thing.”
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The Bullet That Missed
“As the years go by, you will find that people need someone who is bright and kind more than they need someone who knows how to dance and has got the right haircut.”
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Marple: Short Stories
“Revenge and settling of scores. That’s another thing one finds a great deal of in a small, out-of-the-way places.”
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The Man Who Died Twice 🦊
“You are simply a little lost. And if one is never lost in life, then clearly one has never traveled anywhere interesting.”
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Unlikely Animals
“That’s why we like living with animals so much; they exhibit their joy so outwardly, remind us how to be better alive.”
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Stay Awake
“There is no such thing as being an observer. Doing nothing is doing something. Being passive has consequences.”
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Carrie Soto is Back
“We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”
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The Hotel Nantucket
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy on not fighting the old, but building the new.”
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Some of It Was Real
“If someone you loved met a violent end or suffered an illness before passing, that wasn’t their life. It was all the years before then – every joy, celebration, adventure, and love. Death is only a moment.”
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Beartown
“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But, what the hell is life apart from moments?”
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Heard it in a Love Song
“As women, when we start hiding our truth from other people, especially the people who should be aware of it the most, that’s when we give them the po
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The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
“Life doesn’t work that way. If you cling so tight to something that’s already broken, to a life and a dream that can never come true, you don’t have space in your life for anything else.”
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The Couple at Number 9
“But, before she can grasp hold of it, it floats away, like the seeds of a dandelion on the breeze, out of reach.”
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Us Against You
“Deep down inside most of us would like all stories to be simple, because we want real life to be like that, too. But communities are like ice, not water. They don’t suddenly flow in new directions because you ask them to, they change inch by inch, like glaciers.”
The Bookend Diner 