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The Widow

by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)

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Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes

by Emily Craig

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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker (Goodreads Author)

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Jacqui’s Quotes

“Her worst advice: Think Botticelli. Be like Venus rising on a half shell, lips demurely closed, even her nakedness modest.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“...now there is no turning back. No more regrets for what I haven't done. Now only regrets for what I have done. I love him, I hate myself; I love myself, I hate him. This is the end of a long story.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

tags: love, regret

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“He's right. The kids are happy. It's not their fault I fucked Jonas.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“The waiting begins early, I think. The lies begin early. But so do dreams and hopes and stories.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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“But this time when I pull away from him, it is agonizing. Not found, but lost. I pause, stand on the precipice of memory, wanting so desperately to fall into it, knowing I can't. Jonas is animal, Peter is mineral. And I need a rock.”
― Miranda Cowley Heller, The Paper Palace

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