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Healing Hearts at the Christmas Inn (Lights of St. Augustine Book 1)

by Amy Rafferty (Goodreads Author)

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Nantucket Christmas: Heartwarming holiday romance reading

by Melissa Hill (Goodreads Author)

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Lobster Bay Series Books 1-8

by Meredith Summers (Goodreads Author)

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But that’s the way it was with kids sometimes. They don’t remember all the fun times their parents spend on the floor being silly or running around a yard pretending to be a pirate. They remember our failures more. I read somewhere once ...more

Caryl’s Quotes

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: 1929, viereck-interview

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