Was I right?" she asked him. "Was I right to make a stand against what I believed to be wrong? Even though many ills have come from it? I have been asking myself this a lot lately. I must be quiet in my conscience.
A little truth seasons a lie like salt.
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Jacqueline Carey
Humans will never be in charge of this world, as long as dust and weeds do as they please.
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Nancy B. Brewer
Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.
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Ruta Sepetys
How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to lose I wondered what I would have thought of Andrius in Lithuania. Would I have liked him Would he have...
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Ruta Sepetys
Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.
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Sarah Sundin
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