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The Whalebone Theatre

by Joanna Quinn (Goodreads Author)

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Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift Annotated Poetry)

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Beautiful Ugly

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Her hatred for Phaedria, the rage she felt at her continuing presence in her life and at the threat of her intrusion into her work, was not easing; it accompanied her wherever she went, a dark presence, like some physical growth.

The Keeper of Happy Endings

by Barbara Davis

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Letters to Zell

by Camille Griep

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Helen’s Quotes

“But I’ve come to believe we create our own curses and carry them through life because we’ve been told it’s our lot. We’re taught to relive our mothers’ heartaches, to accept their sufferings as our own, and pass them on to the next generation, again and again, until one of us at long last says no, and the curse is finally broken.”
― Barbara Davis, The Keeper of Happy Endings

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“Those of us who have been deceived are made to feel stupid and embarrassed, although we have done nothing but have faith in someone who professed love.”
― Mary Turner-Thomson, The Bigamist: The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal

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“Read, Eat, Love, Dream,”
― Kiley Dunbar, Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop

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“And when people stop focusing on their dreams they become lost in the maze of their minds, wandering around in endlessly repeating circles. Then the colours of life start to dull, and excitement starts to die. Until you’re trapped in a prison of your own making, looking out at life instead of living it.”
― Menna van Praag, Men, Money, and Chocolate

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“Confession: What I understand that They—most everyone, really—don’t, is that suicide isn’t an act of selfishness. Sometimes the hurt/pain/shame/loss is so much, so constant, and with no guarantee that it’ll ever dissolve, sometimes the cost/benefit analysis of life/death truly feels like it’ll only ever work out in in favour of death.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Becoming of Noah Shaw

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