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Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Good Omens by Terry Pratchett How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver The Color Purple by Alice Walker Sacred Instructions by Sherri Mitchell Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe Start with Why by Simon Sinek Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Compassion by Henri J.M. Nouwen
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“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
― Fitzgerald F. Scott, The Great Gatsby
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“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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“I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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