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The Dead Husband Cookbook

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ElphaReads’s Quotes

“When I die, I guess I’ll go with a library card in one hand and an OVERDUE stamp in the other. Well, maybe there’s worse ways.”
― Stephen King, It

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“The problem with books is that they end.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

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“History can only teach its lesson if it is remembered.”
― Jason Reynolds, All American Boys

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“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

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“I said it was a brutal thing.

"No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of that word; they have not deserved it,”
― Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger

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