Dee Renee Chesnut

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The Art of Breathing

by Janie DeVos (Goodreads Author)

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Down in New Orleans

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More Than Nothing (Pine Springs #1)

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There's No Coming Back from This by Ann Garvin

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There was so much to learn, and it occurred to me that the largest life lesson of all had to be answering the question of how much to give, how much to keep. How much do you matter versus how much do others count when trying to be a mother, ...more

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Dee Renee ’s Quotes

“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, words

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“If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.”
― Terry Brooks, The Elf Queen of Shannara

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“Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.”
― Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter

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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

tags: love

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“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
― Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

tags: books

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