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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

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Son (The Giver, #4)

by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)

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H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction

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Shawn’s Quotes

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

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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

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