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“The happiest folk are those that are busy, for their minds are starved of time to seek out woe.”

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This novel weaves a tale of a young girl who discovers a hidden garden and uncovers a family mystery spanning generations. The story takes readers through lush landscapes and historical epochs, exploring themes of identity, love, and the power of memory. more

Author

Kate Morton

Kate Morton, born in 1976, is an acclaimed Australian author known for her intricate family histories and emotional storytelling. more

“[W]hen Ben was kissing me, the whole world retreated. I felt things I'd never felt before, in places I never knew were connected. But I was pretty sure that whatever was buzzing against my thigh was not normal. For one thing, it was ringing. Ben dragged his mouth away from mine and mumbled a curse that was a little shocking and kind of hot. "Ignore it," he said. That was easy for him to say when his cell phone was rounding third base. If anyone got a home run tonight, I didn't want it to be Verizon Wireless.”

“Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely kept.”

Ifs Men Heart Girl Foolish Darling Blinded

Book:The Forgotten Garden

Source: The Forgotten Garden

“Everyone carries around his own monsters.---Richard Pryor”

Monsters Carrie

Book:Rot and Ruin

Source: Rot and Ruin

“If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.”

Ifs Mean Responsibility

Book:The Heritage of Shannara

Source: The Heritage of Shannara

“The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present. The future I have shown you tonight is not yet fixed. But it is more likely to become so with the passing of every day because nothing is being done to turn it aside. If you would change it, do as I have told you.”

Ifs Done Turns Possibility Passing Passings Fixed Tonight Shifting Mazes Being Done

Book:The Scions of Shannara

Source: The Scions of Shannara

“Time waits for no ovary.”

Waiting Ovaries

Author:Gretchen Rubin

“Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.”

Persons Sometimes Waiting Wings

Book:The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again

Source: The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again

“Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when I hadn't.”

Said Arms

Book:Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)

Source: Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)

“Girls developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn't obtain by being healthy. When unnatural thinness became attractive, girls did unnatural things to be thin.”

Culture Girl Healthy Eating Standards Attractive Disorder Unnatural Anorexia Eating Disorder Thinness Standards Of Beauty Attractive Girl

Book:Reviving Ophelia

Source: Reviving Ophelia

“Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment.”

Ifs Knows Way Moments Water Natural Walks Watches Groups Stage Ocean Giants Swim

Book:Something Borrowed: A Novel

Source: Something Borrowed: A Novel