I was still an avid reader of Mills & Boon romances - on publication day, I used to rush out of work to get to the local book store to grab my favourites before they all disappeared.
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FAY GODWIN The sad thing about reading the book and then watching the movie is that they have to die all over a... JOYCE RACHELLE I am back to the level I was before an injury. I've used the time to work on my fitness. ROY MAKAAY I can't help the look of accusation in your eyes LULLABY TO AN ANXIOUS CHILD He was an avid reader, would read a book every two or three days. Then I started to notice the same ... GAIL BIRD Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenag... NANCY WERLIN My life is not mine - it is for my people – the humans – the humans of the thinking society. ABHIJIT NASKAR Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget. MANDY HALE Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in its... FLANNERY O'CONNOR I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit... 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Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the... ADAM PEATY If "how to do it" were the answer, it'd be done. It's how you do the "hows" that's most important. JEFF OLSON There is no one right way. Just figure out what works for you! LORII MYERS Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'... AYN RAND To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another. IRVIN D. YALOM Pieces of me, I'm giving to you.
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