Mary Orrell

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Mary is Currently Reading

Mary Orrell is currently reading

Barbarian Mine (Ice Planet Barbarians, #4)

by Ruby Dixon (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 01, 2026 05:16AM

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Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5)

by Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author)

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Mary’s Quotes

“Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

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“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too. They start over. They find a way.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

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“There are a great many things I would do a study on if I had the time, materials and funding. It bothers me that I can’t. I wonder if others are irked by this, this incessant drive to plumb a million things and the inability to delve adequately into any one of them.”
― Caren Lissner, Carrie Pilby

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“But never forget that love is always stronger than fear. Love saved me, and I know it will save you, too.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wish

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“I've always believed that art and faith have much in common. Both allow people to explore the subtleties of their own emotions and to find their own answers to what the art represents to them. Your work and Trinity's always make me -think-, and more importantly, they make me -feel- in ways that often lead to a sense of wonder. Just like faith.

[Mark Price, to Maggie Dawes]”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wish

tags: art, faith

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