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The Shell Seekers

by Rosamunde Pilcher

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Aug 22, 2026 07:46PM

Paula’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)

The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) by Matt Haig

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And we spend so much time wishing our lives were different, comparing ourselves to other people and to other versions of ourselves, when really most lives contain degrees of good and degrees of bad.’

The Dressmaker's Gift

by Fiona Valpy

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Paula’s Quotes

“You can’t rewrite the past, but you can choose to live with your whole heart in the here and now.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Winemaker's Wife

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“I suddenly realized how very human we all were, how in many ways, despite class, we were much the same deep down. All just yearning to be known and at the very least remembered”
― Gemma Liviero, In a Field of Blue

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“Missing someone doesn’t have anything to do with how long it’s been since you last saw each other, or the number of hours that have passed since you last spoke. It’s about specific moments when you wish they were there by your side.”
― Christina Rickardsson, Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World

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