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Linda is Currently Reading

Linda Hanson is currently reading

The First State of Being

by Erin Entrada Kelly (Goodreads Author)

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Linda’s Quotes

“His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement

tags: vulnerability

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“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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“People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.”
― Jim Butcher, White Night

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