Nancy Martira

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These Heathens

by Mia McKenzie (Goodreads Author)

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May 15, 2026 02:33PM

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The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

by Juliet Grames (Goodreads Author)

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Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

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The little creature grinned. She was positively fearless, unlike those honking lace-panties in the back.

“So often I wonder, do all brothers end up at Kitty Hawk? Flipping a coin to write history. One will fly. The other stands slack-jawed with awe. Maybe chasing his brother. The wind in his face now. The wind that lifts his brother.”
― Michael Hainey, After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story

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“You don't know what you're going to be faithful to in this world, do you? It was true I didn't have what other people had, I knew that, and yet I couldn't think of a single other life I envied - no, I couldn't - though I knew better than to try to get anyone to believe it.”
― Joan Silber, Fools: Stories

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“It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth - necessity is the mother of self-invention.”
― Michael Hainey, After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story

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“perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat,”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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“We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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