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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

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The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk

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mel’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling

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“It’s got to be a pretty boring life, hasn’t it, being a hat?

The Long Game (Game Changers, #6)

by Rachel Reid

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Intermezzo

by Sally Rooney

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mel’s Quotes

“Love is visible—it paints the air between two people a different color, and everyone can see it.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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“It is so much easier to sit in things and wait for something to save us.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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“Some people don’t ask for what they need. Some people are like religious children that way, mistaking suffering with goodness.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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“I didn’t want to be saved from myself. Nobody does! All we want is permission to stand there naked and be our damned selves.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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“If she is going to live, she's going to live differently this time.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

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