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Joan is Currently Reading

Joan is currently reading

Evil Water (Lieutenant Detective Daniel Trokic Mysteries Book 5)

by Inger Wolf (Goodreads Author)

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Nobody Told Me Dragons use Libraries

by Lindsey Devin

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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson

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Joan’s Quotes

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

tags: friends, humor, people

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“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: happiness

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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