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Jolene is Currently Reading

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The Floating World

by Cynthia Kadohata

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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

by W. Kamau Bell

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Bewitched in Oz

by Laura J. Burns (Goodreads Author)

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Jolene’s Quotes

“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories

tags: death, life

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“The incompetent leading the unwilling to do the unnecessary”
― Evan Wright

tags: generation-kill

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source

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“Not all poisonous juices are burning or bitter nor is everything which is burning and bitter poisonous.”
― Claude Levi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology

tags: human-nature

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