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Rose Gonsoulin

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in Houston, TX, The United States

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	The Perfectly Good Lie 4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2019 — 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
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	When the Grass Is Rising: A Portrait of Young Sam Houston 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
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“Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.”
― Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down

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“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
― Gustav Flaubert

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“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”
― Mark Twain

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“This too shall pass.”
― Hakim Sanai

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