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The Last Bookstore on Earth

by Lily Braun-Arnold (Goodreads Author)

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There There

by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author)

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Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir of Motherhood and Absence

by Beth Nguyen

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Acid for the Children: A Memoir by Flea

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The greatest fault of humankind belongs to those who think their view of what’s real is the only truth.

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James’s Quotes

“Weapons themselves can tempt a man to fight.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

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“The church has never been asked to explain anything, our specialty, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralization of the overly curious mind through faith,”
― José Saramago, Death With Interruptions

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“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

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“being looked down upon is good for the soul, good for empathy, good training for a human.”
― Monica Byrne, The Girl in the Road

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“My footsteps echoed down small-town Main Streets. On one, a pharmacist left a note in the window of her store. She had enjoyed serving the town, she wrote, but couldn’t hang on anymore and she hoped they’d understand why she was leaving like all the rest. She left no forwarding address. Walmart”
― Sam Quinones, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

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