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One Golden Summer (Barry's Bay, #2)

by Carley Fortune (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 20, 2026 07:08AM

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难哄

by Zhu Yi

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Jun 18, 2026 07:43AM

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The Wizard's Bakery

by Gu Byeong-mo

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— Dec 05, 2025 01:50AM

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serena’s Quotes

“It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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“...things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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“We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”
― M. Scott Peck

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“Growing old does not make us any better at loving one another or understanding the meaning of life or death. Nor does knowledge come with the passage of time.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, I'll Be Right There

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