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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

by Evie Woods (Goodreads Author)

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From the Wizarding Archive: Curated Writing from the World of Harry Potter

by J.K. Rowling

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Charcuterie Board Book: 100 Easy-to-Make Board Arrangements and Recipes with Meats, Cheeses, and Other Accompaniments for Every Occasion

by Farrah Ellison

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Book cover for The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)

The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) by Matt Haig

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I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience ...more

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The Southerner's Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories (Garden & Gun Books Book 3)

by Garden and Gun

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“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”
― William Morris

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“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

tags: language, laziness, morose, tired, very, women

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“Now let us go, love, down the winding stair,
With fingers intertwined...”
― William Morris, The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

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