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Ellen is Currently Reading

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Leaving Berlin

by Joseph Kanon (Goodreads Author)

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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

by Robert Jordan

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Arsène Lupin Édition illustrée

by Maurice Leblanc

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Ellen’s Quotes

“I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep

tags: anonymity, blending-in

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“Il possédait comme tout le monde sa terminaison en "iste", sans laquelle personne n'aurait pu vivre en ce temps-là, mais il n'était ni royaliste, ni bonapartiste, ni chartiste, ni orléaniste, ni anarchiste; il était bouquiniste.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“... nothing broke my heart like the slow death of a shared joke that had once seemed genuinely funny.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep

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“The Hitchhiker's Guide is a hundred percent accurate. Reality, however, is not as reliable.”
― Eoin Colfer, And Another Thing...

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“In an infinite universe, all things are possible -- within physical limits, that is -- and any book that can be written does physically exist. Somewhere. The book is the bridge between the words and the physical actuality.”
― Rand Miller, The Book of Ti'ana

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