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People We Meet on Vacation

by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)

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Uğultulu Tepeler

by Emily Brontë

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Scott Pilgrim, #2)

by Bryan Lee O'Malley

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isla’s Quotes

“Why can't I write something that would awake the dead? That pursuit is what burns most deeply.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

tags: grief, writing

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“I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.”
― Patti Smith

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“Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.”
― Patti Smith

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“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: dumbledore, philosophy

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“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

tags: death

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