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I looked out at the garden, at the bird feeder hanging off the birch tree. My mother favored some species of birds over others; the feeder was for the benefit of small and appealingly vulnerable ones. Crows were completely out of favor. She
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“She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.”
― The Notebook
― The Notebook

“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country

“The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.”
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye
― I Kissed Dating Goodbye

“All this happened, more or less.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five

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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

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