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Chasing Forever (Plain Daisy Ranch, #4)

by Piper Rayne (Goodreads Author)

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Core Four: The One

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The Secret She Kept by J.S. Ellis

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I thought detectives come in pairs, like socks.

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“It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

tags: giving, self, selfhood

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“No two persons ever read the same book.”
― Edmund Wilson

tags: books, perspective, reading

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“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
― Mason Cooley

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“There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

tags: haunting

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“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

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