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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo

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Jul 24, 2023 06:49PM

“Merry Christmas!' someone shouted.
He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
'Merry Christmas!'
'Merry Christmas!'
'C-cookies for ever'body!' Sammy hollered. And looking both ways, they all fled across to the light, and the warmth, and the books, and the mystery.”
― Jan Karon, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

tags: books, christmas

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“I worried too much about what others thought—I can tell you it’s a tragic waste of time and energy and pokes God in the eye.”
― Jan Karon, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

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“Maybe it's because he never had any control over what was happening to him as a boy. Being late was somehow a way of taking charge.”
― Jan Karon, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

tags: control, lateness

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“No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.”
― Jan Karon, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

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“Rejoice! Know that I am with you and for you and will never leave you; take courage that I will fight for you and be your shield and buckler and provide for you when you are old; I will supply your every need, I will give you victory over death, I have prepared a place for you in heaven”
― Jan Karon, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

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