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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

by Dan Jones (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 29, 2026 04:50AM

“That night, while the rest of the family had charcoal-grilled veal chops, which were my favorite Italian food and which were only served once each year when we were staying at the Pensione Biea and which Mom never made for us at home because we were missionaries and the Lord provided for our needs but not that well, I got a huge serving platter full of deep fried octopus pieces.”
― Frank Schaeffer, Portofino

tags: humor

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“This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

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“They are wildflowers. They would not want a name.”
― Silas House & Neela Vaswani, Same Sun Here

tags: name, wildflowers

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“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

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“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that are gone. Just when the day comes—when there's a particular missing part that overwhelms you with the feeling that she's gone, forever—there comes another day, and another specifically missing part.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

tags: death, grief, loss

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