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Daily Archives: July 8, 2012

Goodreads Quote for Sunday

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Devina a Lemon flavoured Jellybean
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Via Wikipedia

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine

The French poet and author of Fables was born on this day in 1621.


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I'm a hopeless book-a-holic, I get in trouble for not doing homework, neglecting the dishes and daydreaming because I'm often lost in some book while biting my nails and pulling fist fulls of hair off of my head. I hope to have a flying car like the Weaselys' some day, for now I'm content with dreaming.

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