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Davina’s Notes & Highlights

The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

2 highlights

It was her own fault; sometimes she looked for things to be upset about, as if a lack of problems was its own problem in her mind.

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware

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The Favorite Sister

by Jessica Knoll

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Davina’s Quotes

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: goals-in-life, purpose-of-life

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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tags: lies, love, respect, self-deception, truth

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“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”
― Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

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“It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

tags: moving-on, revelation

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“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
― Bruce Lee

tags: advice-for-daily-living, prayer

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For the loveable and swoonable boy obsessed. Join us every month to meet your next book boyfriend in the New Adult and Contemporary Romance genres. We ...more

Everything You Want A Secret Group To Be — 29 members — last activity Mar 06, 2017 10:29AM
Mindy Mejia started this group as a post-spoiler safe zone for Everything You Want Me To Be (aka The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman across the pond). Come ...more

General Fiction Forum Expats — 160 members — last activity 6 hours, 57 min ago
This is a group dedicated to chatting about what we're reading, what we like, what we don't like and all things generally well booky :) ...more