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An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)

by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)

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Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food… and Why Can't We Stop? by Chris van Tulleken

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In the UK (and many other countries), housing, fuel and transport are fantastically expensive, squeezing that food budget. For rich people this isn’t a problem. But an analysis by the Food Foundation3 shows that the poorest 50 per cent of ...more

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Sarah Parkin

If you want to buy decent food and vegetables I agree! The processed stuff is always cheaper with more offers on it.

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Laura Morris

Yep the system is broken it makes you really angry

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Laura’s Quotes

“She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: elizabeth-bennet, mr-darcy, pride-and-prejudice

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“Many people could say things in a cutting way, Nanny knew. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: humor

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“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

tags: courage, moving-forward, perseverance

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“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

tags: ageing, humor

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