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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

by John Grogan

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Jul 03, 2026 07:54PM

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The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

by Matthew J. Davenport (Goodreads Author)

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Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 16, 2026 07:24PM

“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

tags: books, fiction

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“Fairy godmothers?” said the king dubiously. “We’ll have a time getting that past the court council — and the bishop.”
― Robin McKinley, Spindle's End

tags: fairy-godmothers, fairy-tales

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“Michelangelo continually had trouble with his assistants and had to sack several for poor workmanship, laziness, or even - in one particular case - because the lad in question was ‘a stuck-up little turd’.”
― Alexander Lee, The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of Beauty

tags: michelangelo

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“You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care.”
― George R.R. Martin

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“We have to condemn publicly the very idea that some people have the right to repress others. In keeping silent about evil, and burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future.”
― Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

tags: evil, good

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