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Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

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The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner (Goodreads Author)

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In On the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy

by Shawn Levy (Goodreads Author)

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“Holding anger is a poison...It eats you from inside...We think that by hating someone we hurt them...But hatred is a curved blade...and the harm we do to others...we also do to ourselves.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

tags: ruby-anger

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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep

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“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

tags: the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower

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“None of us can choose where we shall love...”
― Susan Kay, Phantom

tags: empathy, love, opera, passion, phantom, sympathy, understanding

346 likes

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”
― Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!

tags: inspirational

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