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Water Moon

by Samantha Sotto Yambao (Goodreads Author)

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Travelling Light

by Tove Jansson

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To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other

by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author)

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Where the Lovelight Gleams by Keira Andrews

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“I can explain—” Ryan began. “Well, this is certainly what we were all hoping for, but a little decorum would be appreciated. This isn’t Hollywood, Ryan.” His mother’s face flushed brightly.

Ryan’s mom is the best 😆

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claire’s Quotes

“I have a beard of fog that I wear on misty mornings. It’s not cigarette smoke, but I’d understand if you wanted to shave it off and inhale it.”
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

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“To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

tags: humor, morning

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“Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.”
― Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

tags: love, love-songs, morning, paris, quote, roman-payne, romance, rooftop-soliloquy, rooftops, twilight

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“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

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“I often use comic books, video games, or other nerdy pop-culture references in my writing; it helps me understand the more complicated parts of the world a little more easily since, culturally, it’s the ocean I swim in. For example, yesterday I compared committing to a romantic relationship to Harry Potter’s prophecy to kill Voldemort.”
― Emily V. Gordon, Super You: Release Your Inner Superhero

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