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Marjorie Morningstar

by Herman Wouk

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Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)

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Mary’s Quotes

“There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

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“It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between going and coming.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

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“The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

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“You know, some things don't matter that much...Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

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“August: You know, somethings don't matter that much...like the color of a house...But lifting a person's heart--now that matters. The whole problem with people--"
Lily: They don't know what matters and what doesn't...
August:...They know what matters, but they don't choose it...The hardest thing on earth is to choose what matters.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

tags: choices, life, meaning, values

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