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The Accidental Mrs. MacKenzie

by Bonnie K. Winn (Goodreads Author)

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The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)

by Elizabeth Peters

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A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story

by Sergei Mironenko

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Courtney’s Quotes

“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"
Macbeth”
― William Shakespeare

tags: tragic-poetry

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“And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.”
― William Wordsworth

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“A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

tags: boys, thought, wind, youth

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“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Voltaire, Candide

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“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand--and melting like a snowflake...”
― Sir Francis Bacon

tags: inspirational

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