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The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

by Richard Osman

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The Santa Klaus Murder

by Mavis Doriel Hay

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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

by Katherine May

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J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey

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Tolkien’s central field of study was, naturally, Old and Middle English, roughly speaking the forms of English which date from 700 AD to 1100 (Old) and 1100 to 1500 (Middle) – Old English is often called ‘Anglo-Saxon’, as in the title of ...more

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“When the immigrants came to America, they thought the streets would be paved with gold. But when they got here, they realized three things: 1. The streets were not paved with gold. 2. The streets were not paved at all. 3. They were the ones expected to do the paving.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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“But like you, I was made carefully, by a God who loved what He saw.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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“The lesson here is that your happiest memories can become your saddest all of a sudden.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

tags: change, happiness, memories, sadness

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“Maybe we get the endings we deserve. Or maybe the endings we practice.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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“Another way to say it is that everybody is dying and going to die of something. And if you’re not spending your life on the stuff you believe, then what are you even doing? What is the point of the whole thing?”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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