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The Eights

by Joanna Miller (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 15, 2026 09:18AM

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“At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.”
― Karen Salmansohn

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“You know the people," said Pamela, "who say, 'Of course I love reading, but I've no time, alas!' as if everyone who loves reading doesn't make time.”
― O. Douglas, Penny Plain

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“There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude!”
― Georgette Heyer, Lady of Quality

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“Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.”
― Socrates

tags: behavioural-psychology, philosophy-of-life

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“It is seldom that any judge really gets to the bottom of a case. The well of truth is usually too deep for the merely judicial plumb-line.”
― Cyril Hare, Death Walks the Woods

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