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“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it”
― Wise Blood
― Wise Blood
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
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“Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“The Catholic novelist in the South will see many distorted images of Christ, but he will certainly feel that a distorted image of Christ is better than no image at all. I think he will feel a good deal more kinship with backwoods prophets and shouting fundamentalists than he will with those politer elements for whom the supernatural is an embarrassment and for whom religion has become a department of sociology or culture or personality development.”
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Cozy Mysteries
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For those who love a good cozy mystery while curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee/tea/cocoa and maybe a dog/cat next to them. Please be kind ...more
Around the World
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Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
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