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Ellen is currently reading

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

by Dalai Lama XIV

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“A real choice doesn't have conditions. A real choice is free.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man

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“...but life doesn't give us the option to remake our decisions, only the power to reconceive them”
― Tiffany Baker, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

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“But it's easy to solve the past in the present, and when you do, you sometimes forget to leave room for forgiveness.”
― Tiffany Baker, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

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“Do you want to know the difference between a good story and the truth? . . . The little bits, Robert Morgan.That's all. If you get those right, you can get away with murder.”
― Tiffany Baker, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

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“We see what we want to see in life, regardless of whether it's really in front of us or not...”
― Tiffany Baker, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

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