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Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1)

by Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author)

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Joann said: " This was my fourth read of this gorgeous book...I need to read it every couple of years not just for the compelling story, but because of how beautifully Alice Hoffman uses language. As an English teacher I think it's a disgrace that her books are wi ...more "

Sep 18, 2012 05:19PM · see review

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Pendergast: The Beginning (Agent Pendergast #0.5)

by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 20, 2026 09:38AM

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Haven't Killed in Years

by Amy K. Green (Goodreads Author)

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Joann’s Quotes

“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

tags: brave-new-world, hunger, thirst, yearning

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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: challanges

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“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

tags: animals, cruelty, mankind

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