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Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)

by Callie Hart (Goodreads Author)

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They Were Counted

by Miklós Bánffy

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Jews in Contemporary Visual Entertainment: Raced, Sexed, and Erased

by Carol Siegel

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jessa’s Quotes

“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

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“Zwischen Immer und Nie. Zwischen Immer und Nie. Between always and never.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

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“..time is always the price we pay for the unlived life.”
― André Aciman, Find Me

tags: life, price, time, unlived

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“Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between.”
― André Aciman

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“I'm not wise at all. I told you, I know nothing. I know books, and I know how to string words together--it doesn't mean I know how to speak about the tings that matter most to me."

"But you're doing it now--in a way."

"Yes, in a way--that's how I always say things: in a way.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

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