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― Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms
― Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms
“Uncle Fitzy!" the girl yells. "Gingersnap is being bad!" Eisenhower hates it when she calls him Gingersnap. He complains about it with a statesman's pomp: "Gentlemen, there exists no more odious appellation than"--nose crumpling, black lips curling-- "Gingersnap."
From The Barn at the End of Our Term”
― Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
From The Barn at the End of Our Term”
― Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“People who spend their lives in the midst of acacias, mulberries, and nettles have no passion for nature. It is only to the summer visitor that God has vouchsafed an eye for the beauties of nature. The rest of mankind remain steeped in profound ignorance of the existence of such beauties. People never prize what they have always had in abundance. “What we have, we do not treasure,” and what’s more we do not even love it.”
― Complete Works of Anton Chekhov
― Complete Works of Anton Chekhov
The Betsy-Tacy BookClub
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A place to re-read and re-enjoy the Betsy-Tacy Series! Those who have never read these are welcome too!
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