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Deborah
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She had a drinking problem back then, but not anymore. Not a drop. She told my Ma, “Once you’re a pickle, you’re a pickle. You never be a cucumber ever again.”
“Next to music, beer was best.”
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
“A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.”
― Stairs to the Roof
― Stairs to the Roof
“the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear.”
― The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
― The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
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“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
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Deborah’s 2025 Year in Books
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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Erotica, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Suspense, and Travel
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