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One Woman's War (Rags to Riches, #2)

by Rosie Goodwin

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All Cowboy and Rough Rider (The Brothers of Dove Grey #2) by Rhonda Lee Carver

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“There is a power within and without. If you ask, it answers. It's just a matter of being calm and wise and listening. It takes years.”
― John Altman, In the Nick of Time - The Autobiography of John Altman, EastEnders' Nick Cotton

tags: self-affirmation, strength

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“I think the human race is pretty rotten. The more I see of it, the more rotten it becomes”
― Jane Carter Woodrow, Rose West: The Making of a Monster

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“It was as though each of us—in separate and distinct ways—had been plunged back into the past. Fragments of old memories were coming back at unexpected moments... Old ghosts awoke, stirred angrily into life by this girl, like a wasp's nest struck with a stick.”
― Karen Perry, Girl Unknown

tags: ghosts, memories, memory, thoughtful

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“Talent falls under the category of something that no one has any control over.”
― Joe Manganiello, Evolution: The Cutting Edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You've Always Wanted

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“Right next door to the bear gardens on the south bank of the Thames in the last years of Elizabeth's reign sat the main theatres of the day. Permanent theatres were brand sparking new, the very first not appearing until 1576. Throughout the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, theatre had been a mobile activity, and a largely amateur one.”
― Ruth Goodman, How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life

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