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Cecily

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Cecily is Currently Reading

Cecily is currently reading

The Ghostway: A Leaphorn and Chee Novel

by Tony Hillerman

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Feb 24, 2026 10:46AM

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Lank lewe die Buiter (boek 2) (Afrikaans Edition)

by Gerrie Radlof

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The 1000 Most-Asked Gardening Questions

by Daphne Ledward

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Cecily’s Quotes

“I never lost sight of what it was to be civilised. I knew that there would be no point surviving if I had to become an evil man to do it.”
― Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor – A New York Times Bestseller with Timeless Lessons on Gratitude and Hope

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“If you have the opportunity today, please go home and tell your mother how much you love her. Do this for your mother. And do it for your new friend, Eddie, who cannot tell it to his mother.”
― Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

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“My father used to say to me there is more pleasure in giving than in taking, that the important things in life - friends, family, kindness - are far more precious than money. A man is worth more than his bank account.”
― Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

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“You see, your food is not enough. There is no medicine for your morals. If your morals are gone, you go.”
― Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

tags: morals

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“it took many years to realise that as long as I still held fear and pain in my heart, I would not truly be free.”
― Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

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