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Chips O'Toole has read 23 of 50 books.

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	Twisted Tails: An Anthology to Surprise and Delight by J. Richard Jacobs (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eugen M. Bacon, Terence West 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	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
	Tales for the Thrifty Barbarian: An Anthology of High Fantasy by Cynthia MacKinnon (Editor), Larry N. Morris, Frank Creed (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	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
	"I have my battleground no less than nations": Peake's daydream of Gormenghast.(Mervyn Peake)(Critical Essay): An article from: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Not Only the Dark: 160 Poems on the Theme of Survival by Jo Field (Editor), Nicky Gould (Editor), Patricia Debney 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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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Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems

by Maria Zoccola (Goodreads Author)

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The Cure for Women

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Quotes by Chips O'Toole (?)

“The longer a life, the challenge is not the distance between destinations, but the difficulty of travelling light. My soul’s a portmanteau packed full, one half filled with what was, the other with what is, what should be.”
― Jamie A. Hughes

tags: baggage, history, poem

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“From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would
be.”
― Jamie A. Hughes

tags: memory, music, past, poetry

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Chips’s Quotes

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
― Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

tags: grudges

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“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.”
― Charlotte Bronte

tags: inspirational

468 likes

“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: charlotte-bronte, human-nature, jane-eyre, life

392 likes

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
― Leo Tolstoy

1468 likes

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

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