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Ryan is currently reading

Boys in the Valley

by Philip Fracassi (Goodreads Author)

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― Eugene O'Neill

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― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Stephen King, Storm of the Century

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