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Mansfield Park

by Jane Austen

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The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)

by John D. MacDonald

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Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anais Nin

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“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

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“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat

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“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

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