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The Pipes Are Calling : Our Jaunts Through Ireland

by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author)

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Scarlet Feather

by Maeve Binchy

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Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2)

by Dorothy Dunnett

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Book cover for What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism by Dan Rather

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When we sow seeds of division, hatred, and small-mindedness, we falter. As a wave of anxiety sweeps our nation, as big challenges loom before us, I feel an urgency.

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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

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“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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