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Maureen is Currently Reading

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The Children Act

by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)

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Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

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You told yourself there was an end to the worry. You told yourself it was sleeping through the night, then weaning from the breast, then walking then shoelaces then reading then algebra then sex then college admissions then you would be ...more

Maureen’s Quotes

“My mother had modeled for me early on that the quickest route to unhappiness was to pay too much attention to anyone’s disapproval, particularly someone that you barely knew.”
― Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him”
― Laura Dave

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“Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color. (M.S. Merwin, quoted in After Annie)”
― M.S. Merwin

tags: after-annie

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“People who care about each other don’t hurt each other or make each other feel small.”
― Lisa McMann, Island of Fire

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“The fact that his ire was aimed not at them, but at some nearby object that confounded him didn’t make it any easier to ignore; for quiet people, raised voices are experienced as a kind of aggression even when directed elsewhere.”
― Clare Chambers, Shy Creatures

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