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A Darker Act

by Amy Goldsmith (Goodreads Author)

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— Oct 25, 2026 02:24PM

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Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

by Robert Aickman

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Fear Less: How to Win at Life Without Losing Yourself

by Pippa Grange

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Hayley’s Notes & Highlights

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transparent.

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Hayley’s Quotes

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
― anaïs nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974

tags: inspirational, journey, quest, seekers, travel

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“One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
― Henry Miller

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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

tags: allegory, books, broad-mindedness, classic, education, imagery, travel, world

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“He doesn’t care that the mood was different to begin with because he knows that nothing important ever happens unless he is there to witness it.”
― Claire Oshetsky, Chouette

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“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

tags: adventure, change, discworld, growth, travel

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