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Intrigued by Wiley Cash's writing style since I've never read a southern dialect like this before. It was hard at first but once into it I became acclimated and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm amazed by it.Once finished, the story haunted me for days . . ...more "
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I like it! First, for me, it answered questions that satisfied much more than what I had heard while growing up. As a kid, I only heard that Napa was where "crazy people" were sent to live; though never connected patients with criminality however. Pe
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"I completed "The Sisters Who Would Be Queen," by Leanda de Lisle. I learned a lot from this read." — Mar 07, 2015 10:26PM
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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
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“Remain true to yourself, child. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.”
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― The Forest House
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