Christine Smith

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Christine Smith is currently reading

Crack the Stone (A Classic Retold, #2)

by Emily Golus (Goodreads Author)

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Christine’s Quotes

“Wear pink. It confuses the enemy.”
― Donita K. Paul, DragonFire

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“Always tell the truth. It's the easiest thing to remember.”
― David Mamet

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“There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking.”
― George MacDonald

tags: creation, identity, individuality

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“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
― Shannon Hale

tags: editing, writing

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