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Spellbound by Murder: A Mystic Hollow Bookshop Mystery

by Stacie Ramey (Goodreads Author)

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“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

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“You can either practice being right or practice being kind.”
― Anne Lamott

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“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”
― Anne Lamott

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“You will lose someone you can’t live without,and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.”
― Anne Lamott

tags: grief, loss, recovery

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“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

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