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Added Jun 09, 2021
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Added Apr 21, 2021
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- "we get mad at those who hurt us or deceive us - we get even madder when they make us feel like fools."
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Added Oct 09, 2020
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- "The development of our personalities doesn't take place in isolation, but in relationship with others - we are shaped and completed by unseen, unremembered forces; namely, our parents."
- "Somehow grasping at vanishing snowflakes is like grasping at happiness: an act of possession that instantly gives way to nothing."
- " I didn't want to die. Not yet; not when I hadn't live. This gave me a kind of hope, however murky and ill defined."
- "Sometimes it's hard to grasp why the answers to the present lie in the past."
- "No one is born evil. As Winnicott put it, "A baby cannot hate the mother, without the mother first hating the baby."
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Added Sep 20, 2020
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- "She had to get the bulimics prepared to face the groaning Thanksgiving table. She had to get the manic-depressives medicated enough to handle the candy-cane-fueled, festively wrapped frenzy, then the inevitable shattered-ornaments, dying-fir-tree, nobody-loves-me letdown. And finally, she had to get everyone-the self-destructive, the obsessive-compulsive, the neurotic, they psychotic, everyone - in shape to meet their families.""She had to get the bulimics prepared to face the groaning Thanksgiving table. She had to get the manic-depressives medicated enough to handle the candy-cane-fueled, festively wrapped frenzy, then the inevitable shattered-ornaments, dying-fir-tree,…
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Added Sep 14, 2020
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- "The seventies classic "Hey, St. Peter" by Flash and the Pan came on the radio...In the song, a man arrives at the gates of heaven and pleads for St. Peter to let him in because living in New York City means he's already done his time in hell." LOL
- "The richer and denser the memory of an event-for example, during moments when you are terrified-the longer you perceive that event lasted. This phenomenon also explains why times seems to go faster as you age. When you're a child, experiences are new and so your memories are fresh and intense-so again time seems to slow down. As you grow older, especially when you are stuck in a routine, very few new or vibrant memories are being laid and so time flies by." "The richer and denser the memory of an event-for example, during moments when you are terrified-the longer you perceive that event lasted. This phenomenon also explains why times seems to go faster as you age. When you're a child, experiences are…
- “And bad stays. Bad doesn’t go away. You bury bad, it digs itself out. You throw bad in the middle of the ocean, it comes back at you like a tidal wave.”
- “Occam's razor. It states - that the simplest explanation is usually the right one.”
- “It’s the devil—he gets ahold of you. He pokes and prods until he finds your weakness and then, see, he wiggles right through your skin and gets into your bloodstream. Could be through drink. Could be through gambling. Could be through a virus, like cancer or something. Or the devil could be in the smack, the rock, the meth, whatever. It’s all the devil in different forms.”“It’s the devil—he gets ahold of you. He pokes and prods until he finds your weakness and then, see, he wiggles right through your skin and gets into your bloodstream. Could be through drink. Could be through gambling. Could be through a virus, like…
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How far would you go to save your child from danger? A wall street financial advisor, Simone Greene, and his wife Ingrid lived a privileged life, together with their children Paige, Sam, and Anya. When their oldest daughter Paige entered college, her life took a wrong turn when she got involved with a drug dealer and an abusive boyfriend. Simon and Ingrid were forced to enter the dark world of drugs, dealers, and criminals to find and save their daughter. However, every time they find a new piece of information, it would lead to another puzzle piece that doesn’t get them any closer. Meanwhile a private investigator, Elena Ramirez, is looking for a missing son of a wealthy businessman. When her path collides with that of Simon’s, they find themselves in danger and Greene’s family under suspicion for a murder.
One major bombshell awaits in the last few paragraphs that will leave the readers in shock after they put the book down!How far would you go to save your child from danger? A wall street financial advisor, Simone Greene, and his wife Ingrid lived a privileged life, together with their children Paige, Sam, and Anya. When their oldest daughter Paige entered college,…
Where the Crawdads SingWhere the Crawdads Sing, Large Print
by Owens, DeliaLarge Print - 2018Large Print, 2018
mroufael's rating:
Added Sep 08, 2020
Quotations
- "the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what's necessary to defend a woman."
- “Why should the injured, the still bleeding, bear the onus of forgiveness?”
- “If anyone would understand loneliness, the moon would.”
- “Please don’t talk to me about isolation. No one has to tell me how it changes a person. I have lived it. I am isolation.
- "Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was...”
mroufael's rating:
Added Sep 08, 2020
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- "we never stayed anywhere long enough to feel like we were home."
- “Everything hurts. There is nothing safe, nothing good, nothing kind anymore. If I fall, it won’t hurt me...I’m not here.”
- “Nightmare aren’t frightening once you wake up. Memories are.”
mroufael's rating:
Added Aug 17, 2020
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Wow! Wow! Wow! Beautiful and well-written book! It captured me from the very first page
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The StrangerThe Stranger, eBook
by Coben, HarlaneBook - 2015eBook, 2015
All copies in use
Holds: 0 on 1 copy
Holds: 0 on 1 copy
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Added Aug 17, 2020
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Added Aug 17, 2020
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Added Aug 17, 2020
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- “not only do the edges not fit, they’re not even from the same damn puzzle.”
mroufael's rating:
Added Aug 17, 2020
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- "la vie est vaine, Un peu d'amour, un peu de haine, Et puis bonjour La vie est breve, un peu d'espoir, un peu de reve, et puis bonsoir"
mroufael's rating:
Added Aug 17, 2020
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The plot was good! The book however was just lingering. It was definitely not a page turner for me
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Added Aug 17, 2020
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