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At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

by Heather Webber (Goodreads Author)

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The Magic All Around: A Novel

by Jennifer Moorman (Goodreads Author)

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The Irish Goodbye

by Heather Aimee O'Neill (Goodreads Author)

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The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

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people clung to what was familiar, even when it was painful.

loretta’s Quotes

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted By Ali Baba And The Bunch On Rainy Days

tags: foolishness, inspirational

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“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
― Lawrence Durrell, Justine

tags: silence

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“A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.”
― Djuna Barnes

tags: jungism, personhood, shadow-self

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“The Waverley sisters hadn't been close as children, but they were as thick as thieves now, the way adult siblings often are, the moment they realize that family is actually a choice.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

tags: autumn, first-frost, lost-lake, sarah-addison-allen

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