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A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)

by Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author)

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My Dark Vanessa

by Kate Elizabeth Russell (Goodreads Author)

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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

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“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

tags: disappointment, loneliness, loner, solitude

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“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
― Voltaire

tags: answers, man, questions, thinking

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“When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.”
― Anzia Yezierska

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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
― E.L. Doctorow

tags: writing

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“Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more