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East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver The Color Purple by Alice Walker Sacred Instructions by Sherri Mitchell Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe The Stranger by Albert Camus Start with Why by Simon Sinek Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
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“I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
tags: affection, amity, love
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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
tags: philosophy
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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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