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You and Me on Vacation

by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)

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matilde said: " this was so cute (even though it made me cry like four different times) and i loved poppy and alex’s dynamic a lot "

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An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

by Clarice Lispector

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Daisy Jones & The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)

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“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
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“I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never would get.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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“I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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“It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.”
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