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California Gold

by John Jakes

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, adventure, american-dream, epic, historical-fiction, history, romance, western

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“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo

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“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Wilkie Collins, Armadale

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“I didn’t leave the Democratic party, the Democratic Party left me.”
― Ronald Reagan

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“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― Iain Cameron Williams, The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue

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“It is most likely that I will die next to a pile of books I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

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