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Poison by Chris Wooding The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons Danse Macabre by Stephen King The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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Robert Frost
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost
tags: reading, writing
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Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
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Madeleine L'Engle
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing
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Khaled Hosseini
“Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
― Khaled Hosseini
tags: man, men, woman, women
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Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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