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The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)

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The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

by Ichiro Kishimi

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A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables #1) by Alix E. Harrow

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Unless we change them. Unless we grab our narratives by the ear and drag them kicking and screaming toward better endings. Maybe the universe doesn’t naturally bend toward justice either; maybe it’s only the weight of hands and hearts ...more

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Nettle & Bone

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Manda’s Quotes

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road: The Original Scroll

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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
― Jack Kerouac

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“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

tags: flaws, individuality

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“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.”
― Jack Kerouac

tags: failure, passion

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“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

tags: life, parting

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