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Rosa (Berlin Trilogy, #1)

by Jonathan Rabb

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Mar 12, 2026 06:53AM

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Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction

by Kimberley Reynolds

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Mar 01, 2026 05:34AM

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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

by Mary Oliver

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Jan 18, 2026 05:30AM

kelly’s Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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