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Death by Dickens (A Mike Atwell Mystery, #1)

by Penelope Cress

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May 31, 2026 04:09PM

“change is the great blessing of mortals. Creatures of the Otherworld are always bound by something—moonlight, iron, running water. But the only thing that can act on humans is time. We are not lovely and static. We are ever-changing, vast as seasons. We are meant to change.”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

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“Instead of agonising over what you should do, think about putting effort into whatever you're doing. It's more important to try your best in whatever you do, no matter how small it may seem. All your effort will add up to something.”
― Hwang Bo-reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

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“When we feel like crying, we should let it all out. Forcing them back only makes the wounds heal slower.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

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“when she was a seven-year-old she had declared rain to be the best weather because it was reading weather.”
― Peter Swanson, A Talent for Murder

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“When we die, we become nothing, the same nothing we were before we were born, but, of course, this time that nothingness is forever.”
― Peter Swanson

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