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I See You've Called in Dead

by John Kenney

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The New Contented Little Baby Book: The Secret To Calm And Confident Parenting

by Gina Ford

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My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers (Jessica Urlichs: Early Motherhood Poetry & Prose Collection Book 3)

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Wamboi’s Notes & Highlights

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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I don’t straighten my hair because I hate it, I straighten it because everyone else hates it for me.

Never Lie

by Freida McFadden

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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

by Emma Carey

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“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

tags: being-yourself, life

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“You need to know that your worst moment can turn out to be your best. In every life, there is a defining moment of surrender where you must make the choice to let destiny happen. You have to give yourself up to what must be.”
― Karen Swan

tags: destiny

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“Never has it felt more important for me to tell stories of joy and abandon, passion and recklessness. Life is short and difficult, people. We must take our pleasures where we can find them. Let us not become so cautious that we forget to live.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls

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“Home is wherever you are, it may not be exciting or glamorous, but this (indicating the vast view) is the biggest life.”
― Karen Swan, The Christmas Lights

tags: home, love

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“The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it. Somone makes a promise, and then they break it. A play gets good notices, and then it folds. A marriage looks strong, and then they divorce. For a while there's no war, and then there's another war. If you get too upset about it all, you become a stupid, unhappy person—and where's the good in that?”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls