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Rachael is Currently Reading

Rachael is currently reading

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

by Ann Fessler

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Jul 22, 2026 06:00PM

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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

by Octavia E. Butler

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Jul 13, 2026 07:05PM

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

by Suzanne Collins

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Rachael’s Quotes

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: truth

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“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: art, life, paradox

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