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Melanie Knight
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Dating in your thirties was hideous. Let’s face it, all the best men had been snapped up already, stowed away with brides and babies, leaving people like me doomed to meet the same rotation of weirdos and narcissists online or else stuck on
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“I am happy. I am a baby, a toddler, a girl, a woman. I am Island. I am Lindisfarne. Everything comes together inside me. I know that I will go to Palmyra one day when peace has come, just as people come to Lindisfarne, just as Coral will go to Vietnam. War is not for ever. Peace will come. Civilisation will endure. The destroyers will overcome. The human heart will love and thrive.”
― Island
― Island
“The world is dangerous, has always been and always will be dangerous. How can it be otherwise when there are human beings in it?”
― Island
― Island
“Why are you here?'
'That is the question we all must ask ourselves. That is the question for which there is no answer.”
― Island
'That is the question we all must ask ourselves. That is the question for which there is no answer.”
― Island
“That's what civilisation is. It keeps on being recreated. Monsters like you can't hold it back.”
― Island
― Island
“The photograph that will help this moment and this day live for ever more.”
― Island
― Island
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Inspire and be Inspired! Welcome to Inspiring Book Club where you can talk about your all-time favorite book that has inspired you the most, and hel ...more
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This group is for those who are participating in the Build Your Library Reading Challenge! Share your progress and get/give recommendations for the va ...more
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