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Cherry Baby

by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)

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Gretchen Alice said: " Inhaled this one, per usual. I have some complicated feelings about it, though! I think it's a bit thornier than most of her books and in classic Twilight style, I find myself being not aligned to Team Tom or Team Russ. Instead, I'm Team Cherry. (Als ...more "

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Princess in Waiting (The Princess Diaries, #4) by Meg Cabot

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“Hello,” Lilly said. “Movie. Of your life. You were portrayed as shy and awkward.” “I am shy and awkward,” I reminded her. “They made your grandmother all kindly and sympathetic to your plight,” Lilly said. “It was the grossest ...more

Gretchen’s Quotes

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

tags: anything-can-be, hope, impossible, inspirational, musn-t, possibilities, shouldn-t, won-t

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“I earned this, fair and square." We'll, maybe it hadn't been fair. And maybe it hadn't been precisely square. Still, she'd earned it legally. Legally and... rectangularly. That would have to do.”
― Courtney Milan, The Duchess War

tags: minnie-pursling

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“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

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“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

tags: death, humor

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“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

tags: cats, death, life

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