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The Forgotten Garden

by Kate Morton (Goodreads Author)

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— Jul 17, 2026 05:52PM

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On Wings of Hope | From Berlin to Caracas

by Ruthmarie Goerke-Matthysse

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“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

tags: life, unfairness

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