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Lillian is Currently Reading

Lillian is currently reading

All That Is Left of Life: A Novel

by Roberta Recchia

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May 03, 2026 10:09PM

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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

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Reading for the 4th time

read in April 2016

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Lillian said: " Wonderful!
Read this time following a study of Michel de Montaigne's essays who had a great influence on Shakespeare.
That influence is strongly evident in this work. ...more "

Jan 28, 2023 12:03PM · see review

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The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters

by Michel de Montaigne

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Aug 07, 2022 10:44PM

Lillian’s Quotes

“The most casual things can, after all, twist our tired hearts.”
― Colum McCann, Twist

tags: healing, love, memory, repair, romance, twist

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“There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go--if there are no doors or windows--he walks through a wall.”
― Bernard Malamud

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“There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.”
― Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of de Maupassant

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“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
― John Lennon

tags: inspirational, life

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“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”
― John Lennon

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