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Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1)

by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)

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Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier by Arthur C. Brooks

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happiness is not a destination. Happiness is a direction. We won’t find complete happiness on this side of heaven, but no matter where each of us is in life, we can all be happier. And then happier, and then happier still. The fact that ...more

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“Knowledge is your greatest weapon,” she’d told them. “And books are knowledge made manifest.” Effie had found it to be true. Books enlarged one’s mind. They encouraged one to think. To feel. To understand. They could be more than that, too, when the occasion called for it. In the absence of community, books could be companions. They could be friends.”
― Mimi Matthews, Rules for Ruin

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“Just because a lady shared a deep, smoldering kiss with a gentleman didn’t mean that gentleman need be privy to all that lady’s business.”
― Mimi Matthews, Rules for Ruin

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“Just as how the seaman finds a barrel to save himself in the rough seas, I keep myself afloat with stories. Books may not solve all my problems, but at least they prevent me from sinking into the abyss.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

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“Sometimes when you lose a lot you have to put your heart away to keep it ticking.”
― Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls

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“The moment we realise that the life we struggle to flee from might be what someone else yearns for, our worldview, once the size of a keyhole, expands as if we're standing in front of a full-length window, and our ears, clogged with lies and exaggeration, clears to welcome genuine voices speaking to us. We're still living the same life as yesterday, but with our eyes and ears open; we become a different person. Knowing that there isn't only one path in life assuages our worries, and instead of pacing nervously at every crossroad, we gain the courage to walk ahead with confidence.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

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