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Allen Carr's Lose Weight Now by Allen Carr The Green Mile by Stephen King Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Marked by P.C. Cast Dates from Hell by Kim Harrison Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Mummy by Anne Rice The Vampire Companion by Katherine Ramsland Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery Remember Me by Christopher Pike
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Anya’s Quotes

George Bernard Shaw
“You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”
― George Bernard Shaw
tags: aging, aging-gracefully
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Mandy Hale
“There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
tags: be-the-change, beauty, helping-hand, helping-others, helping-people, inner-beauty, making-a-difference, positive-thinking, setting-an-example, true-beauty
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Shannon L. Alder
“Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.”
― Shannon L. Alder
tags: activist, aging, beautiful-personatlity, beautiful-soul, charity, communicators, community, compassion, empathetic, fathers, friendships, givers, giving-heart, helping-out, homeless-tent-community, inner-beauty, inspiration, inspirational, jealousy, judgement, loving, marine-life-conservation, medical-missions, mothers, motivators, openess, outward-beauty, people-of-action, perspectives, philosophy, prayer, real-people, reflection, rescuers, search-and-rescue, service, takers, tender, time, true-beauty, truth, vanity, writing
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Christian Baloga
“You say freak, I say unique.”
― Christian Baloga
tags: appreciation, attraction, beautiful, ethereal, freak, imperfections, inner-beauty, inspirational, inspirational-quote, interesting, life, looks, odd, oddity, people, positivity, strange, unique, weird
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Anthon St. Maarten
“You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was.”
― Anthon St. Maarten, Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny
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