Debra Lowman
https://www.goodreads.com/casual2atee
“A simple truth, repeated as often as it is ignored, is that if you tell a child it can do absolutely anything, or that it can’t do anything at all, you will in all likelihood be proven right. *”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“What else is a library, but a temple of truth? What other function do books have, the great ones, but to change the reader? Books to comfort. But most of all, books to disturb you forward.”
― Harry's Trees
― Harry's Trees
“The Grum’s Ledger is a tale of regret. In real life, there was no happy ending. Alexander Grum died alone because he was afraid to seize love and risk all the unknowns that go with it. He chose certainty—and it was his ruin. “The only guarantee I could offer him—against all the unknowns, all the obstacles—was that we would face life together.”
― Harry's Trees
― Harry's Trees
“There are no guarantees, except that every morning, the sun will rise. No matter what happens, good or bad, each day will be followed by a new day.”
― Harry's Trees
― Harry's Trees
“One of the plainest truths about both towns and individuals is that they usually don't turn into what we tell them to be, but what they are told they are.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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Adult Fiction, African American, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Young-adult, and War
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