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The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2)

by Carissa Broadbent (Goodreads Author)

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Mary Kate’s Quotes

“your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

tags: body, food

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“This boat that we just built is just fine -
And don't try to tell us it's not
The sides and the back are divine -
It's the bottom I guess we forgot”
― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

tags: boat, relationship

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“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

tags: breathe, connection, look-up-and-enjoy-life, perspective, relationship, relax

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“Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did not, as a rule, excel in the art of hand-to-hand combat.”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

tags: gender-stereotypes, machismo, masculinity

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