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Lily and the Octopus

by Steven Rowley (Goodreads Author)

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The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales

by Ray Bradbury

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Heaven Adjacent by Catherine Ryan Hyde

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“I’m starting to see that we make choices at an early age,” Roseanna continued, “when we’re too young to know what will make us happy. But they’re more or less permanent choices. They don’t have to be, I guess. But somehow we end up ...more

Phyllis’s Quotes

“It was so silly to try to define things by words. What did one person mean by infatuation or obsession and another mean by love. The whole thing couldn't be tidied away with neat little labels." - Lena Gray”
― Maeve Binchy, The Glass Lake

tags: definition, infatuation, love

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“I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.”
― Maeve Binchy

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“I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.”
― Maeve Binchy, Tara Road

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