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A Spool of Blue Thread

by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author)

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The Waters

by Bonnie Jo Campbell

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“After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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