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Monica

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Monica’s Notes & Highlights

Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman

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It’s easy for a child to fall in love with something if they’re told that they can be best at it, as long as they want it enough.

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Monica’s Quotes

“What’s the difference?” I asked him. “Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?”
“One is a choice, and one is not.”
― Tarryn Fisher, Mud Vein

tags: love-of-your-life, soulmates

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“What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”
― Joseph Chilton Pearce, Teaching Children to Love: 80 Games & Fun Activities for Raising Balanced Children in Unbalanced Times

tags: gifts-of-imperfect-parenting, parenting, parenting-advice, parenting-tip

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

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“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

tags: inspiration

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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