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The Trial of Lizzie Borden

by Cara Robertson

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Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Resilient Parenting Prioritizing Connection Over Correction

by Becky Kennedy

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She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

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“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans.
Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
― Tennessee Williams

tags: new-orleans

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“She had the look in her eye when you kick and kick at the door and it doesn't open, when you write a boy letters and letters and he never loves you, not ‘til the day he dies. Not even then.”
― Daniel Handler, The Basic Eight

tags: unrequited-love

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“Here at last is her smile: burn it into your memory; you won't see it often.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

tags: happiness, pleasure, smiling, women

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“I have no love for a friend who loves in words alone.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

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“The case is closed, Mr. Poldark. You will kindly step down.” “Otherwise,” said Dr. Halse, “we will have you committed for contempt of court.” Ross bowed slightly. “I can only assure you, sir, that such a committal would be a reading of my inmost thoughts.”
― Winston Graham, Ross Poldark

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