Nancy Martira

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Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success

by Jeff Hiller (Goodreads Author)

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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.

“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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“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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“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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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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“So, in the end, we were hypocrites for kindness. Both of us. Standing with my bouquet of orange blossoms, I thought: I'm happy but I'm in disguise. But probably many people feel that at their weddings.”
― Joan Silber, Fools: Stories

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