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Ellen’s favorite books

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson The Seamstress by Sara Tuvel Bernstein Night by Elie Wiesel Hiding to Survive by Maxine B. Rosenberg Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis German Boy by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom The Book Thief by Markus Zusak She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
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Ellen’s Quotes

William Faulkner
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
― William Faulkner, Essays, Speeches & Public Letters
tags: freedom
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Robert Fulghum
“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”
― Robert Fulghum, True Love
tags: love, weirdness
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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Cooking, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Women's Fiction


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