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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Lies (Sunny Side Up Mysteries Book 1)

by Misty Simon (Goodreads Author)

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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“Life offers you a thousand chances... all you have to do is take one.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: bible, god, hatred, judgement, religion

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“Atticus, he was real nice."

"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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