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by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (Goodreads Author)
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“Indeed. Since this is the will of God, He provides us with the necessary tools: the energy required for hard work, the industriousness, the persistence, and . . .”—here he looked at me for a long moment before continuing—“and therefore He ...more
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Stephanie Wrobel
“Most people font like holding on to anger. They feel it crushing and consuming them, so they let it go. They try to forget the ways they’ve been wronged.
But some of us cannot forget and will never forgive. We keep our axes sharp, ready to grind. We hold pleas for mercy between our teeth like jawbreakers.
They say a grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
Good thing we’re extra strong.”
Stephanie Wrobel, Darling Rose Gold

Umberto Eco
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

Robert  Bailey
“All those years I spent trying to bring the men that murdered Roosevelt Haynes to justice, and turns out my daddy wasn’t Roosevelt but the leader of the lynch mob. How’s that for irony?”
Robert Bailey, Legacy of Lies

Paula McLain
“During an interview;
Then McLain returns to the impact on Markham and Blixen of the death of Finch Hatton.
"You know, there's a line at the end of my book that goes, 'This time with Denys would fade, and it would last forever.'
That's something I actually believe about love. Sometimes we don't get to keep the people we love the most and who change us the most. That's an unromantic, uncommercial view of love. But to me it feels absolutely true.”
Paula McLain, Circling the Sun

Kate Morton
“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.” p 463”
Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

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