Amanda

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Amanda is Currently Reading

Amanda is currently reading

The Sun Sister

by Lucinda Riley

bookshelves: currently-reading, chick-lit, historical-fiction

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Apr 26, 2026 03:53PM

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The Art of Danish Living: How the World's Happiest People Find Joy at Work

by Meik Wiking

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The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

by Richard Osman

bookshelves: currently-reading, crime-legal-mystery-thriller

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Amanda’s Quotes

“Joy doesn't ever leave, you know. It's always with you. And one day you'll find it again.”
― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead

tags: joy

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“Jeez,” said Beauvoir. “The Inquisition. I didn’t expect that.” “No one does,” said Gamache.”
― Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery

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“You can be miserable before you have a cookie and you can be miserable after you eat a cookie but you can't be miserable while you are eating a cookie.”
― Ina Garten

tags: food-love, humor

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“In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.”
― Benjamin Zander, The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

tags: inspirational, life-lessons

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“The world turned upside down,' Beauvoir continued. 'It was at once more beautiful and more frightening than you'd been led to believe. And suddenly you didn't know what to do. Who to trust. Where to turn. It's terrifying. Being lost is so much worse than being on the wrong road. That's why people stay on it for so long.”
― Louise Penny, A Great Reckoning

tags: lost-and-confused

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