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The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there".
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" Don't be surprised when a killer kills, be surprised when a killer doesn't kill" Dr Jack Tripper

The killers therapist by Jonathan David
Be yourself and nothing less
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“Even the FDA is having to (very quietly) admit much of what she writes is true.”

Neither Safe Nor Effective
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Alexey Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us because of his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I will describe in its proper place.
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"When the violin repeats what the piano has just played, it cannot make the same sounds and it can only approximate the same chords."
The Inferno - Dante Alighieri (Translator's Note - John Ciardi)
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The first sentence of the book the secret is The magic to a proseperous life is to follow the guidelines enshrined in this book
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The first sentence of my current book "Gut Health: For Men Over 60" by Ryland Ashford
In the intricate tapestry of human health and longevity, the gut emerges as a pivotal player, orchestrating a symphony of biochemical interactions that extend for beyond digestion.
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A sudden movement drew his attention to where the path emerged from the trees on the far side of the meadow.
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The Ironbark is a magnificent eucalypt, one variety of the eucalyptus trees of Australia, growing tall and straight with a shading canopy.

The Ironbark Hill Saga -- Jennie Linnane
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TRADITIONS & RITUALS
“We all need such places of ritual safekeeping.
And I do believe that if your culture or tradition doesn’t have
the specific ritual you are craving, then you are absolutely
permitted to make up a ceremony of your own …”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

The Mysogi Method by Jodi B.Miller
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The pilgrims are on their way. Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury tales
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"Will Cleary walked into his father's dusty library."
The book is "The Crystilleries of Echoland" by Dew Pellucid and I just got this book from OnlineBookClub and have started reading it!
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“The World was silent when she drowned.”

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
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I have explored ways of optimizing life since I began planning to play golf professionally.
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Are you an Unfakeable individual? Or would you rather be a copy?

"The Unfakeable Code" by Tony J. Selimi
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