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The Lonely Girl (The Country Girls Trilogy, #2)

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An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott

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When the jingle of the last bell had died away, Mr. Bassett said soberly, as they stood together on the hearth: “Children, we have special cause to be thankful that the sorrow we expected was changed into joy, so we’ll read a chapter ‘fore ...more

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“How do we get from this time to that? From the far edge of yesterday to today. And now he had his answer. You just had to live long enough.”
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“A brave man dies only once, a coward a thousand times. But brother, I intend to be a brave man again and again and again.”
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“You know Einstein said that the distinction between the past, the present and the future is an illusion.”
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“I find myself thinking that maybe every bit of heartbreak in life can be rearranged and used for something beautiful, that it doesn't really matter whether I chose this path or I was born onto it, so long as I stop and appreciate the path itself.”
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