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Alison Weir
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Siri Hustvedt
"The best horror novels open up, 'It was beautiful summer day and the smell of flowers emanated throughout the air."
Justin Alcala
"I always wanted to be a blonde, and it was really cool to do that for a while."
Alexandra Daddario
"Amanda choked on a sob. She looked like she didn’t know what to do. For the first time, Stacey realized this woman was a human being, and sometimes she felt lost."
A.R. Braun
"After all, I was dressed in linen and so retained a certain capacity for nonchalance."
Joanna Ruocco
"You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous."
Idries Shah
"People today expect too much from marriage. Getting married is really like taking on a big new job."
Rosamunde Pilcher
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Kilroy J. Oldster
"Knowledge acted upon makes all the difference, produces the different results we have in life."
Sunday Adelaja
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Raina Telgemeier
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Elaine Chao
"Feel oddly barren. My sickness is when words draw in their horns and the physical world refuses to be ordered, recreated, arranged and selected. I am a victim of it then, not a master."
Sylvia Plath
"To integrate one’s experiences around a coherent and enduring sense of self lies at the core of creating a user’s guide to life."
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