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Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows, #2)

by Devney Perry (Goodreads Author)

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May 04, 2026 05:59AM

“The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

tags: revenge, suffering

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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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“Sometimes it's not what we hold on to that shapes our lives--it's what we're willing to let go of.”
― Beth Hoffman, Looking for Me

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“I hope what she hears are directions for happiness; the happiness blueprint. But I don’t think there is one. We find happiness, if we find it at all, on accident. We trip over it on our own way somewhere else. It’s woven out of the oddest circumstances.”
― Heather Harpham, Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After

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“Never tie your happiness to the tail of someone else's kite.”
― Beth Hoffman, Looking for Me

tags: happiness

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