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Pike Island

by Tony Wirt (Goodreads Author)

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Wonder Tales of Ancient Wales: Celtic Myth and Welsh Fairy Folklore

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Court of Lions by Jane Johnson

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“Sometimes it takes strength to choose the path of weakness,” the woman said cryptically. “Sometimes surrender is more courageous than resistance. But it’s hard for people to see that.”

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“I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.”
― Raymond Carver

tags: heart, human-passion

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“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
― A.J. Cronin

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“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

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“Nothing is too ugly for this world, I think. It’s just that people pretend not to see.”
― Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

tags: intersectional-feminism

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