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The Modest Verge’s favorite books

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote

Timberwolf - A Spooky Short Story by Carol Hanrahan

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn

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The Modest Verge’s Quotes

“And the rest is rust and stardust.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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“Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: dark, humour, joke, perspective, stories, writing

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

tags: edward

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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

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