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Book cover for The Proposal (The Survivors' Club, #1)

The Proposal (The Survivors' Club, #1) by Mary Balogh

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“It is not easy to hate,” he said, “when one has lived long enough to know that everyone has a difficult path to walk through life and does not always make wise or admirable choices. There are very few out-and-out villains, perhaps none.

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03 Sep 20 · Flag

Somia

lovely extract

03 Sep 20 · Flag

Yes, not a bad thing to keep in mind! :)

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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