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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts

by Kate Racculia (Goodreads Author)

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A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

by Fernando Pessoa

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Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1)

by Peter S. Adamson

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magpie’s Quotes

“You can’t taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

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“She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again.”
― Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

tags: coming-of-age, death-and-dying

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“Enjoy memories, yes, but don't be a slave to who you wish you once had been.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

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“Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

tags: babel, grief, sadness

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“Above all, there was understanding. She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening " and Selected Stories: Microsoft Reader Level 5

tags: emotion, introspection, life

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