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Tough Guy (Game Changers, #3)

by Rachel Reid

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“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
― Colm Tóibín

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“and when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. what do you call it, freedom or loneliness?”
― Milan Kundera

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“When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.”
― Hans Christian Andersen

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“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
― Alex Haley

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“[Writing is] like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― E.L. Doctorow

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