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Mein kleiner Apfelhof zum Glück (Fünf Alpakas für die Liebe, 1#)

by Sonja Flieder

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Die Kinder aus Bullerbü

by Astrid Lindgren

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“I don't know who I am. I look at myself and I see Stephen Herondale, but I act like a Lightwood and talk like my father - like Valentine. So I see who I am in your eyes, and I try to be that person, because you have faith in that person and I think faith might be enough to make me what you want.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
― Edith Wharton

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“To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.”
― Victor Hugo

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“A book is not supposed to be a mirror. It's supposed to be a door.”
― Fran Lebowitz

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“Remember, you can’t make everyone like you. If you pretend to be someone else, you will attract the wrong people. If you choose to be yourself, you’ll attract the right people and they will be your people.”
― Pia Edberg, The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge

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