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Mists of The Serengeti

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Hulya Kara Yuksel said: " 1st read : February 26, 2018 / ebook
2nd read : March 7, 2026 / Currently listening the audiobook

I've first read this book in 2018 and since then I couldn't moved on from this heartbreakingly beautiful story.I've recommended it maybe at least 100 peop 1st read : February 26, 2018 / ebook
2nd read : March 7, 2026 / Currently listening the audiobook

I've first read this book in 2018 and since then I couldn't moved on from this heartbreakingly beautiful story.I've recommended it maybe at least 100 people or maybe over so And one of my loveliest friend currently listening the audiobook, which I've recommend it to her *shocker* and I thought it's time for me to join her in this journey.

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This book is a must read!!! <3

“When you lose someone you love, it doesn’t end with that event, or with their funeral, or with their name on the tombstone. You lose them again and again, every day, in small moments that catch you off guard.”

WOW this story literally left me speechless... :'(

I highlighted almost every single page (which this an unusual thing for me because I'm not that kind of a reader) and I have a lot of things to say about this amazing, wonderful, phenomenal book but pls don't waste your time with me and go ahead read this book right now! Trust me, it will shook you really bad and I guarantee, you'll never forget this beautiful book. <3

"Some circles never close, some wounds never heal. Love is like that. It leaves you forever open, forever vulnerable."

"The most profound, most memorable moments of life are the ones that make you feel."

"Have you ever sat across from someone, fully clothed, and felt them slowly unbutton your heart?"

"My greatest loss had led to my greatest love. Hearts were broken, and hearts were healed. Lives were lost, and lives were saved."

"Once in Africa, I kissed a king . . ."

“People will love you. People will hate you. And it always has more to do with them, than it does with you.”

"Sometimes we need to be jarred out of our own reality. We base so much of ourselves on other people’s perceptions of us. We live for the compliments, the approval, the applause. But what we really need is a grand, spine-chilling encounter with ourselves to believe we’re freaking magical. And that’s the best kind of believing, because no one can unsay it or take it away from you." ...more "

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"I've first read this book in 2018 and since then I couldn't moved on from this heartbreakingly beautiful story.I've recommended it maybe at least 100 people or maybe over so And one of my loveliest friend currently listening the audiobook, which I've recommend it to her "shocker* and I thought it's time for me to join her.

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by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author)

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Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova

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For those who crave a violent love story.

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

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― George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring