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The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver

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Real Americans

by Rachel Khong (Goodreads Author)

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“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

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“We loved with a love that was more than love.”
― Edgar Allen Poe

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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