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Cathleen is Currently Reading

Cathleen is currently reading

The Dentist (DS Cross Mysteries #1)

by Tim Sullivan (Goodreads Author)

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Cathleen’s Quotes

“The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.”
― Thomas Carlyle

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

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“It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.”
― Voltaire

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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“All sorrows can be borne if you can put them into a story.”
― Isak Dinesen

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Let's Talk Books! — 33 members — last activity Mar 08, 2023 11:52AM
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