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A Widow for One Year

by John Irving (Goodreads Author)

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100 Ways God Speaks to You - Book I

by Robert A. Avila (Goodreads Author)

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Communication: The Heart of Organizational Leadership

by Carrie Alexander Colella

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Allison’s Notes & Highlights

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Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody

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We know there’s something there, tugging at our souls. But we’re so out of touch with our Creator that we don’t even know what that “tug” is all about or where it’s coming from.

The Stranger Beside Me

by Ann Rule

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Appalachian Tales

by Deanna Edens

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“Love isn't just a feeling. Love is a choice too. And you may not be able to help your feelings, but you are responsible for the choices you make about what to do with them.”
― Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies

tags: choices, feelings, love, romance, young-adult

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“It's an erase all your playlists kinda day”
― Ryan Charles Griffin

tags: breakup, breakups, endings, love, love-quotes

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“It’s times like this…. when it’s over a year later and I’m still crying over you that I want to turn to you and say: See…. This is why I asked you never to kiss me.”
― Ranata Suzuki

tags: beautiful, beautiful-quote, break-up-quote, break-ups, breakup, breakup-quote, breakup-quotes, broken-heart, deep-thoughts, feelings, feelings-and-emotions, feelings-of-love, grief, grief-and-loss, grief-quotes, grieving, heartbreak, heartbreak-quotes, heartbroken, heartbroken-quotes, i-miss-you, i-told-you-so, loss, loss-of-love, loss-quote, loss-quotes, lost, lost-love, lost-love-quotes, love-quotations, love-quote, love-quotes, love-quotes-and-sayings, missing-someone, missing-you-quotes, quote, quotes, ranata-suzuki, ranata-suzuki-quote, sad, sad-quote, sad-quotes, sadness, the-one-that-got-away, unrequited, unrequited-love, without-you

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“Though soulmates aren't looking for you, they will find you.”
― Kevin Ansbro

tags: companion, confidante, friend, kindred-soul, kindred-spirit, life-partners, lover, partners, soul-mates, soulmates

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“To come to the door and know that she would find no one: to see a house completely empty. It was like coming to her tomb while she was still alive.”
― Iain Crichton Smith, Consider the Lilies

tags: abandonment, empty-nest, loneliness

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