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The Christmas Cottage

by Sarah Morgan (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for All Cowboy and Rough Rider (The Brothers of Dove Grey Series, #2)

All Cowboy and Rough Rider (The Brothers of Dove Grey Series, #2) by Rhonda Lee Carver

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“There is a power within and without. If you ask, it answers. It's just a matter of being calm and wise and listening. It takes years.”
― John Altman, In the Nick of Time - The Autobiography of John Altman, EastEnders' Nick Cotton

tags: self-affirmation, strength

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“turning a goal into an action and, inevitably, into a success.”
― Joe Manganiello, Evolution: The Cutting Edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You've Always Wanted

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“It was as though each of us—in separate and distinct ways—had been plunged back into the past. Fragments of old memories were coming back at unexpected moments... Old ghosts awoke, stirred angrily into life by this girl, like a wasp's nest struck with a stick.”
― Karen Perry, Girl Unknown

tags: ghosts, memories, memory, thoughtful

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“I think the human race is pretty rotten. The more I see of it, the more rotten it becomes”
― Jane Carter Woodrow, Rose West: The Making of a Monster

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“Countrymen wore heavy, hard-wearing cotton fabrics that were mostly pale and undyed. Townsmen wore dark-coloured wool.”
― Ruth Goodman, How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

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