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It exploded like a cluster bomb filled with candy. Sugary bass vibrations shook the steel handle of the heavy gymnasium door. In the vacant spaces between notes, sneakers squeaked and basketballs thumped on hardwood. A piano riff turned the
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“Everone has a pain thermometer that goes from zero to ten. No one will make a change until they reach ten. Nine won't do it. At nine you are still afraid. Only ten will move you, and when you're there, you'll know. No one can make that decision for you.”
― Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
― Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
“There is plenty of work for love to do.”
― Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
― Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
“I feel like you can look inside me and see all the places I am odd or unusual and fit your heart around them, for you are odd and unusual in just the same way. We are the same.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“It's true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus.”
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“I don’t want to take anything to the grave. I want to die used up and emptied out. I don’t want to carry around anything that I don’t have to. I want to travel light.”
― Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
― Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
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