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The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)

by Amber Smith (Goodreads Author)

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“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”
― Louis L'Amour, Matagorda/The First Fast Draw: Two Novels in One Volume

tags: books, inspirational, reading

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“Never in all my life and in all my years of living in a world of silence have I wanted to hear something as much as I want to hear her sing right now. I want to hear her so bad it physically hurts.”
― Colleen Hoover, Maybe Someday

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“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
― Helen Keller

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“Love isn't always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it'll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you're back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

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“That’s you. Callie, you’re the only person that’s ever made me feel happy about anything. That night you saved me, you changed something in me—you made me want to live.”
― Jessica Sorensen, The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden

tags: callie-and-kayden, jessica-sorensen

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