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Wrath of Poseidon (Fargo Adventures, #12)

by Clive Cussler

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The House Sitter (Peter Diamond, #8; Inspector Henrietta Mallin .5)

by Peter Lovesey (Goodreads Author)

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The Long War (The Long Earth, #2)

by Terry Pratchett

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Rory’s Quotes

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― douglas adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness

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“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift

tags: inspirational, life, philosophy, wisdom

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“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
― James Baldwin

tags: parenting, role-models

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“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.”
― anthony burgess

tags: alone, laugh, sleep

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