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The News from Dublin (Platinum Fiction Series)

by Colm Tóibin Tóibin

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Kala

by Colin Walsh

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Essays In Love by Alain de Botton

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“I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

Brian Sibley: Or brains even?

Oh gosh, yes, brains is one of the least. You can be a lovely person without brains, absolutely lovely. Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind.
If you're kind that's it.”
― Roald Dahl

tags: happiness, life, love, people

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