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The Dead Come to Stay (Netherleigh Mystery, #2)

by Brandy Schillace (Goodreads Author)

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Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane

by Devoney Looser (Goodreads Author)

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“Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age. The child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

tags: childhood, loss-of-innocence

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“It is always the way of events in this life,...no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

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“There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more.”
― Morrissey

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“Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.”
― Stella Gibbons

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