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Laurie is Currently Reading

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There Are Rivers in the Sky

by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author)

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Laurie’s Quotes

“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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“His mop moves across the empty food court like a giant brush, painting a picture no one will ever see.”
― Katherine Applegate

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“Toska.” He leaned forward, too. “It’s a Russian word. It has no translation into any other language, but the closest I’ve heard is the ache. A longing. The sense that something is missing, and even if you’re not sure what it is, you ache for it. Down to your bones.”
― Maggie Hall, The Conspiracy of Us

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“One must always steer clear of men who sweat when it isn't warm.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

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“Lives in stories have direction and meaning. Even stupid, meaningless lives, like Lenny's in "Of Mice and Men," Acquire through their places in a story at least the dignity and meaning of being Stupid, Meaningless Lives, the consolation of being exemplars of something. In real life you do not get even that.”
― Sam Savage, Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife

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