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Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo Falls, #1)

by Peter Abrahams

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— Dec 18, 2008 02:23PM

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The Gospel According to Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #1)

by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author)

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Elyse said: " I am currently reading this, and I'm really loving it! He has a lot of the same ideas I do about things...actually everything. The reason I rate it a 4-star though is because I haven't gotten to the end yet, and I'm not sure what the ending will be l ...more "

Sep 29, 2008 05:57PM · see review

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The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)

by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)

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Elyse said: " Reading it now...I was easy to get into and I'm still absorbed in it. I thought it was going to be a lot like Harry Potter, but it's really not. Love it so far! ...more "

Sep 02, 2008 01:29PM · see review

Elyse’s Quotes

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom

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“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

tags: barriers, challenges, failure, failures, inspirational, perseverance

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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

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“Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.”
― Randy Pausch

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“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

tags: advice, last-lecture, life, randy-pausch

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