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England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

by Kate Williams (Goodreads Author)

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Service and Sacrifice: Extraordinary Nova Scotians in the Great War

by Ken Hynes

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Historic Eastern Passage: Including Imperoyal, Shearwater, South East Passage, Cow Bay, McNab's Island, Lawlor's Island and Devil's Island

by John Boileau

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“The “lamp of the poor” is hardly visible in urban southwestern Ontario, although there are many poor who move disjointedly beneath it. And the stars are seldom clearly seen above the pollution of prosperity.”
― Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief: Adapted from the Novel by Alistair MacLeod

tags: moon

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“And thus it came to pass that the Silmarils found their long homes: one in the airs of heaven, and one in the fires of the heart of the world, and one in the deep waters.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

tags: silmaril, silmarils

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“Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
I am human, and think nothing human alien to me.”
― Terence

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“In life you have to learn to count the good days. You have to tuck them in your pocket and carry them around with you. So I’m putting today in my pocket and I’m off to bed.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club

tags: gratefulness, memories, wisdom

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