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Janet’s Notes & Highlights

Vicious (Villains, #1) by V.E. Schwab

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Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between Bad and Good, but between Bad and Worse. —Joseph Brodsky

Zain and 7 other people liked this

21 Jul 21 · Flag

Yvonne G

That's about the truth of it right now! The world seems such a volatile, hostile place right now - some peace and calm would make all the difference! :)

22 Jul 21 · Flag

Janet

I do agree! Level heads and calm hearts!

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“On these dark-blue waves, it is the sea who is judge, jury, and executioner. This is another realm, where forgiveness doesn’t exist as on land and where spirits do not find freedom among the clouds. Here, they ride the currents of forever.”
― Calvin Demmer, The Sea Was a Fair Master

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“Before diagnosing people with depression, make sure they’re not surrounded by assholes”),”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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“Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often conceals. —Gretel Ehrlich”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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“I'd much prefer my books to shoes...In the summer I sometimes take walks without shoes but never without a novel.”
― Nathan Englander

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