Rachel Elyssa

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James

by Percival Everett

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Mar 13, 2026 11:53AM

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Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)

by Rachel Smythe (Goodreads Author)

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The Strongest Heart

by Saadia Faruqi (Goodreads Author)

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Rachel’s Quotes

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep

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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed

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“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

tags: love, romance

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“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: books, future, libraries, past

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