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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

by Agatha Christie

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

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