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	Welcome Home 3.65 avg rating — 158 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
	Recipes for Romance by Nicole Frail, Melissa Cate (Goodreads Author), Amy Kelly 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 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
	Just One . . . by Nicole Frail, C.S. Robertson, Melissa Cate (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 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
	12 Knights of Christmas: A Sleigh Full of Love Stories by Button Hall, Deborah Cardillo, Melissa Cate (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 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
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SOS: Help for Parents, Third Edition: A Practical Guide For Handling Common Everyday Behavior Problems

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“Life is the continuing intervention of the inexplicable.”
― Erwin Chargaff, Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature

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“I think so,' said Professor McGonagall dryly, 'we teachers are rather good at magic, you know.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

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“He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs. Weasley held him to her. His mother's face, his father's voice, the sight of Cedric, dead on the ground all started spinning in his head until he could hardly bear it, until he was screwing up his face against the howl of misery fighting to get out of him.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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