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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3

by Beth Brower (Goodreads Author)

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The Eternal Moment and Other Stories

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Grumbling at Large

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Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen

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Memory likes its cruel tricks with the objects of our nostalgic yearnings. They usually turn out to be smaller, dishearteningly trite, when finally reencountered in real life.

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“We don’t use the word crazy around here. We prefer coping mechanism.”
― Jordan Castillo Price, Camp Hell

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“People tell boring lies about politics, God, and love. You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

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“But me-also-thinks my latter-day reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives. Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

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“Oh my god, Ox, your life is like those shitty sparkly vampire movies. That I’ve never seen and don’t like at all, shut up.” “Oh”
― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong

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“The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man’s need for a scapegoat is genetically programmed into him.”
― Josh Lanyon, A Dangerous Thing

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