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Scraps of Paper (Spookie Town Murder Mystery, #1)

by Kathryn Meyer Griffith (Goodreads Author)

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First Frost (Waverley Family, #2)

by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author)

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The Course of Love

by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author)

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Gale’s Quotes

“It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane.”
― W.G. Sebald, Vertigo

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“Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Exile

tags: amity, companionship, joy

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“Numbers constitute the only universal language.”
― Nathanael West

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Elizabeth Appell

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“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
― Jean Fritz

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