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"I'm listening to the audio book to decide whether it will be our class novel for the end of year. I think it will work for our students though I think the villain is a little two dimensional for middle grade." — Apr 20, 2026 04:03AM
"I'm listening to the audio book to decide whether it will be our class novel for the end of year. I think it will work for our students though I think the villain is a little two dimensional for middle grade." — Apr 20, 2026 04:03AM
My house was mine. I wasn’t required to please other people in order to remain there. I didn’t have to worry I was imposing on someone’s good nature or their privacy. Or worse, worry the invitation to stay would someday be withdrawn. A
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“I actually read history. It’s like reading prophecy, you know.”
― Persepolis Rising
― Persepolis Rising
“Some critics disapprove of giving kids “rewards.” They say, “Children should obey simply out of respect.” Nice idea, but expecting toddlers to cooperate purely out of respect is like expecting patience from a baby. It’s not going to happen.”
― The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old
― The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old
“Everyone’s still gossiping about where he’s been. The most popular rumours are “dark coming-of-age ceremony that left him too marked up to be in public” and “Ibiza.”
― Carry On
― Carry On
“the most likely explanation is that there was indeed a plot, however imperfect, to endanger the Lusitania in order to involve the United States in the war.”
― Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
― Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
“There was a button," Holden said. "I pushed it."
"Jesus Christ. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?”
― Nemesis Games
"Jesus Christ. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?”
― Nemesis Games
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