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The Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer

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“I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.”
― William S. Burroughs

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: freedom, women, writing

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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“Crockery broke and fabric frayed. The delicate things I cared about perished, while the hard things like swords survived.”
― Sujata Massey, The Samurai's Daughter

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

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