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Rachel Drenning

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Beyond the Crooked Trees: A story of the Hoia Forest, one of the world’s most terrifying places

by Cristian Tusa (Goodreads Author)

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Night Watch

by Jayne Anne Phillips (Goodreads Author)

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Strange Animals

by Jarod K. Anderson (Goodreads Author)

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Rachel’s Quotes

“think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. I stand and look at them long and long. — Walt Whitman, Leaves”
― Eric D. Goodman, Setting the Family Free

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“I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and disposition of man. I find the result humiliating to me. — Mark Twain, Letters From Earth”
― Eric D. Goodman, Setting the Family Free

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“But the look Charles Manson had given him one night, when he’d slammed the cell door shut, would stick in his mind always. It was the stare of a crazed lunatic, someone unpredictable, who you wouldn’t want to trust whether encountered in a dark alley or open field.”
― Eric D. Goodman, Setting the Family Free

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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
― Catherine McCarthy, Immortelle

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