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Writing "the Big Book": The Creation of A. A.

by William H. Schaberg

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My Dark Vanessa

by Kate Elizabeth Russell (Goodreads Author)

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Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author)

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“This was the real world then- Beauty and I free to have each other and all the others gone. Just the two of us in my bedchamber, where I should envelop her naked soul in rituals and ordeals beyond our past experiences, our dreams. No one to save her from me. No one to save me from her. My slave, my poor helpless slave...”
― A.N Roquelaure, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

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“You’re like part human, part rainbow.”
― Dave Eggers, The Circle

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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin

tags: courage, life

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“Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?”
― Doug Wright, Quills

tags: atheism, god, religion

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Elizabeth Appell

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Saratoga Reads! is a not-for-profit group in Saratoga Springs that orchestrates a community read each year. This group is open to all who want to read ...more

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