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Big Lies in a Small Town

by Diane Chamberlain (Goodreads Author)

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So Far Gone

by Jess Walter

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Call of the Camino

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“Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end a regime; can turn affection to hatred; can start a religion or even a war. Words are the shepherds of lies; they lead the best of us to the slaughter.”
― Joanne Harris, Peaches for Father Francis

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“Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.”
― Margaret Dilloway, How to Be an American Housewife

tags: honesty, mothers, truth

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“She finally understood that, no matter how hard you try, you can't make someone love you. You can't stop them from making the wrong decision. There's no magic for that.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

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“The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy--angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

tags: calling, teachers

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“I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding.”
― Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs

tags: imagination

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