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North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther

by Ethan Rutherford (Goodreads Author)

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The Glister: A Novel by John Burnside

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Mistakes don't happen in a single, decisive moment, they unfold slowly through a lifetime.

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The Grip of It

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“We will all wake up semi-angels,
If we wake at all.”
― Rod McKuen

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“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
- Wizard”
― Noel Langley, The Wizard of Oz Screenplay

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“Time makes the worst things laughable.”
― Aliya Whiteley

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“Life is a sweet mistake that happened when the world wasn't looking.”
― Scott Bradfield, The People Who Watched Her Pass By

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“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”
― José Saramago, Blindness

tags: self-determination, soul

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