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Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)

by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)

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Twelve Tales of Suspense and the Supernatural

by Davis Grubb

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The Lie Tree

by Frances Hardinge

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Gretchen’s Quotes

“Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursuing those who hurt us the most.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

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“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: authors, story, writing

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“It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind before, and now he minds.”
― Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

tags: loneliness, longing, relationships

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“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

tags: gifts, giving

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“Act', implores the Ghost of Future Regret. 'I shan't give you another chance'. [and so Jacob does] 'Damned fool,' groans the Demon of Present Regret. 'What have you done?”
― David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

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