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These Heathens

by Mia McKenzie (Goodreads Author)

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Ady’s Notes & Highlights

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

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Charisma does not originate inside the person called “charismatic.” It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist.

Zeal

by Morgan Jerkins

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Canticle: A Novel

by Janet Rich Edwards

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Ady’s Quotes

“I'm saying every man is in a cage of his own making.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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“Who is he?" I ask, impressed by the strength in my voice.

"I've no idea," he says, blowing smoke into the wind. "I'd call him the devil if I thought this place anything so mundane as hell.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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“Maybe that’s how it always is, I thought—we all just go along, catching glimpses of one another, thinking we know everything.”
― Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper

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“Women had made progress - Jo only had to look as far as the television set to see it - but she wondered whether they would ever not try to have it all and do it all and do it all flawlessly. Would the day ever come when simply doing your best would be enough?”
― Jennifer Weiner, Mrs. Everything

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