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Edith Pawlicki

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Regarding ratings - I only keep books on my shelves that I want to give 4 or 5 stars to - I am quite decisive about what I enjoy, so I rarely finish books that I don't and as a fellow author, it feels rude to broadcast when a book wasn't for me.

About me -With twenty-six first cousins and three older siblings, I grew up playing with all of them in the woods of Connecticut. I majored in computer science and Japanese and minored in history at the University of Rochester. After graduating, I taught English in Japan before moving to the Seattle suburbs, getting married, and earning my Masters in Teaching. The birth of my twin sons in 2016 turned me into a full-time mother, and when they turned two, I resumed my hobby of writing because the chara ...more

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	140 Years of Family: Collected Histories and Anecdotes of the Robinson-Manning Reunion by Robinson-Manning Reunion, Edith Pawlicki (Goodreads Author) (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Magical Imperative is the first book in an urban fantasy series called The Unseen. Taking place in 2021-2022, it's about an American professor who teaches at an university in Japan during the pandemic. The twist? She isn't human - and the magic of her species creates a mate-binding with one of her students. But if navigating an age-gap, culture-gap relationship that she wasn't looking for wasn't Read more of this blog post »

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“And yet...at this exact moment, when he felt hopeful...he didn’t need it. He wanted to be fully present in the world, daring to try his best.”
― Edith Pawlicki, Vows of Gold and Laughter

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“And I was thinking, there’s a whole lot of sorrow and pain and bad in it all, but...there’s something very wonderful too. You.”
― Edith Pawlicki, Minerva

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“No one deserves another being’s affection – that’s not how love works. You don’t earn love. Love is a gift, and gifts aren’t earned.”
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“If people refused to act out of fear, only those too stupid or arrogant to fear would act.”
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“And I was thinking, there’s a whole lot of sorrow and pain and bad in it all, but...there’s something very wonderful too. You.”
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tags: choices-and-attitude

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“And yet...at this exact moment, when he felt hopeful...he didn’t need it. He wanted to be fully present in the world, daring to try his best.”
― Edith Pawlicki, Vows of Gold and Laughter

tags: courage-in-life, inspirational

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“Actually, there is beauty in most things, and it is the infinite variety that allows us to see it.”
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“If you believe you cannot do something, you will never do it. If you believe you can…” he shrugged. “Often you will find a way.”
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