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Tanja is Currently Reading

Tanja is currently reading

The Widow

by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: mystery, currently-reading

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Tanja’s Quotes

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.”
― Ally Condie, Matched

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

tags: books

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“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: frustration, humor, laughter

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