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Jillian's Bookshelf

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Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

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The Women

by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)

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The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine

by A.W. Tozer

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Jillian's Bookshelf’s Quotes

“Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace.”
― Helene Hanff, Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books

tags: books, bookstore, library

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“I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to.”
― Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

tags: book-lover, books

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“I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me.”
― Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

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