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Night Watch

by Jayne Anne Phillips (Goodreads Author)

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The Knave of Graves: A Dark Fantasy

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Strange Animals

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Rachel’s Quotes

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
― Albert Schweitzer

tags: attributed-no-source, cats, life, music

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“I don't want to see anyone. I lie in the bedroom with the curtains drawn and nothingness washing over me like a sluggish wave. Whatever is happening to me is my own fault. I have done something wrong, something so huge I can't even see it, something that's drowning me. I am inadequate and stupid, without worth. I might as well be dead.”
― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

tags: depression, self-worth

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“You never know how much you need music until you don't have it. I missed it so much my heart hurt.”
― Damien Echols, Life After Death

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“I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: cats, chaos, cooperation, organization, persuasion, pets, willfullness

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“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings -- always darker, emptier and simpler.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more

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A group for listeners of the Books in the Freezer podcast. Where we can talk about the books mentioned on the show.

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