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An Ordinary Sort of Evil (A Rip Through Time, #5)

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All Accounts Settled: Fred the Vampire Accountant #9

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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“Zeno was an ancient Greek philosopher who ended up being tortured by people who didn’t like his ideas. Nowadays philosophers are hardly ever tortured, because most people ignore them completely,”
― Lemony Snicket, Poison for Breakfast

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“I was glad I had been brilliant, but I did not want to think of anything complex. I wanted to go to sleep.”
― Agatha Christie, Peril at End House

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“This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change.”
― Kiersten White, Mister Magic

tags: change, flaws, growing-up, perfection

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“We are expected to take life seriously, yet life rarely takes us seriously. Therefore, we ought to laugh at every moment lest we allow life to take the final laugh.”
― Ashtyn Newbold, The Captain's Confidant

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“Remember what I told you about need versus want? We don't need you because that implies you had to fix something in us. We were never broken. We want you, Wallace. Every piece. Every part. Because we're family. Can you see the difference?”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

tags: belonging-to-someone, family

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