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Average rating: 3.77 · 35 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Crossed Lines (Oranit #1) 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow in the Woods (Oranit #3) 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“But in your eyes, your sadness shows.” Harry Nilsson’s lyrics quote is an obscure way to start a blog. I will end it with another, “Going where the weather suits my clothes.” I have spent my whole life trying to explain and beat antisemitism. Born...

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The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon, #6)

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Michael’s Quotes

“Lunacy is when you can’t see the seams where they stitched the world together anymore.”
― Stephen King as Richard Bachman, Rage

tags: lunacy

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“Our lives intersect and interfere and there is no telling where certain beauties might come from. Some song in her heart where otherwise there wouldn't have been one and in Sarah's too passed on down.”
― Michael Byers, Percival's Planet

tags: heredity, influences, interconnectedness, life

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