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Barrel Fever by David Sedaris Staggerford by Jon Hassler The Secret History by Donna Tartt Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Rainer Maria Rilke
“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
tags: enjoy-life, fearlessness, live-in-the-moment
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Business, Classics, Crime, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult


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