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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

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“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

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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

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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