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The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Pluto's Ghost by B.C. Chase

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Katia, Tim, Nari, Shiro, Kurt, Sarah, Shelby, and I have been playing poker, together.

I can't believe how many books I read that seem to have never been edited.

“Then the liberated Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu

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“Before I dozed off, I did not forget to get on my knees and thank God for helping me to live through this day and to ask His help on D+1. I would live this war one day at a time, and I promised myself that if I survived, I would find a small farm somewhere in the Pennsylvania countryside and spend the remainder of my life in quiet and peace.”
― Dick Winters, Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

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“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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“All positivity all the time. Learn to fly, even if it’s in the Hindenburg.”
― Max Brooks, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

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“In a way, every song was a metaphor for every good time we had, clinging to the feeling and wishing it would stretch on forever. That’s why we’d rewind those tunes and sing ’em again—to hold on to that feeling as long as we possibly could.”
― Tom Beaujour, Nothin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

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