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Amelia Halgren
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read in April 2025
Amelia Halgren said:
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This is a really fun little coming of age type adventure. And as always, Kingfisher’s dogs do not disappoint. It’s not an especially complicated story but that’s part of the appeal. I can definitely see myself rereading this.
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"“It was hard to be frightened of the unknown when the unknown kept chickens.”" — 9 hours, 49 min ago
"“It was hard to be frightened of the unknown when the unknown kept chickens.”" — 9 hours, 49 min ago
Angels Fall
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“Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there’s something in the damn glass, drink it.”
“But what you give up you can learn to live without, even if it causes you heartbreak at the start.”
― Magic Lessons
― Magic Lessons
“That’s what I dislike most of all in people – cold irony. It’s a very cowardly attitude to mock or belittle everything, never be committed to anything, not feel tied to anything. Like an impotent man who can’t experience pleasure himself, but will do all he can to ruin it for others.”
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“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Just because you don’t experience prejudice in your everyday doesn’t stop it from existing for the rest of us.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
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