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Franky is Currently Reading

Franky is currently reading

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

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The Mysteries of Udolpho

by Ann Radcliffe

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Franky’s Quotes

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
― Anita Desai

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“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― Iain Cameron Williams, The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue

tags: hope, hope-quotes, hopefulness, optimism, optimism-quotes, optimist

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“Life finds a way”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

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“I didn’t leave the Democratic party, the Democratic Party left me.”
― Ronald Reagan

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“It is most likely that I will die next to a pile of books I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

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