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Looking after her family, going to school to get her masters in history, and working full time is wearing on Violet Ellison. At a concert she meets her dream man, a rock star she has had a crush on her whole life, Christian. Violet leaves her chil...
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“I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good.”
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This novel was a very pleasant surprise... After reading the synopsis, I honestly thought I would be out of my element. I thought I wouldn't enjoy it - not because I assumed it would be "bad" but because it's not like other novels I read. I tend t...
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All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. She that was so proud and wild, Flippant, arrogant and free, She that had no need of me, Is a little lonely child Lost in Hell,—Persephone, Take her head upon your knee; Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It is not so dreadful here.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay |
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This book was so much FUN! I have never read anything by Ellen Ekstrom, but after reading this, I absolutely MUST read more. It begins with Violet, a hard working mom, stuck in a mundane routine of everyday life with a husband who isn’t really aro...
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“Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be;
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee;
Say to her, “My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
All the things I might not be;
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee;
Say to her, “My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay
“I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
― Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
“A man is a penis-wrinkle when calling him a dickhead would be a compliment.”
― N.M. Facile, Across The Hall
― N.M. Facile, Across The Hall
“And I got out of there without punching anyone, kicking anyone, or breaking down in tears. Some days the small victories are all you achieve.”
― Molly Ringle, Relatively Honest
― Molly Ringle, Relatively Honest
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