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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

by Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)

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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

by Jane Mayer

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The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World by Sharon Brous

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my role as their rabbi is less to dispense wisdom—I wouldn’t dare—and more to engage in the very holy work of not running away.

Notes on Infinity

by Austin Taylor

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Homegoing

by Yaa Gyasi

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Maureen’s Quotes

“I know he likes me. Of course I flatter him dreadfully. I find a strange pleasure in saying things to him that I know I shall be sorry for having said.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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