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Adding:
This strange and awful time was the happiest of my life
From: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Final Quote:

"No, but seriously, this strange and awful time was the happiest of my life."
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Beans have been sent!

Our next prompt is:
"On a happier note,"
From The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bethany Hughs.

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Addition:
"There's a tearoom just up the way."
From Rotten to the Core by T.E. Kinsey.

New quote:
"On a happier note, there's a tearoom just up the way."
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"...now he had help, and more importantly, hope."
- Amelia Fang and the Unicorn Lords by Laura Ellen Anderson


On a happier note, now he had help, and more importantly, hope.
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First quote:
"On a happier note,"
-The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bethany Hughs

Adding:
"It made her feel safe, like a warm blanket tucked around her shoulders..."
-Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

We get:
"On a happier note, it made her feel safe, like a warm blanket tucked around her shoulders."
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"On a happier note,"
From The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bethany Hughs.


"Wildflowers made a carpet of bright patches in grasses stirred by a sweet spring breeze. Butterflies fluttered from blossom to blossom, with buzzing, bees and birds trilled their songs."
from The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Ending with
On a happier note, wildflowers made a carpet of bright patches in grasses stirred by a sweet spring breeze. Butterflies fluttered from blossom to blossom, with buzzing, bees and birds trilled their songs.
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Adding:
You got on your boat and went sailing on a little trip, and no one stopped you
From: Medusa by Jessie Burton

Final Quote:
"On a happier note, you got on your boat and went sailing on a little trip, and no one stopped you."
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Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult


New quote:

On a happier note, extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.
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Addition: ‘…many things are magical - stars, knowledge, poetry, love and friendship.’ — Cindy Callaghan, Just Add Magic

Completed Quote:
On a happier note, many things are magical - stars, knowledge, poetry, love and friendship.
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Beans have been sent!

Our first prompt for November is:

" So the fairy silver brought you..."
From: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Adding:
....My startship suspended in night.
From: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

New Quote:
"So the fairy silver brought you my starship suspended in night."
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Addition: ‘…cinnamon and thyme, emeralds and clove, cloth of gold and cabbages.’ — Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Completed Quote:
So the fairy silver brought you cinnamon and thyme, emeralds and clove, cloth of gold and cabbages.
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Reply to Sindor:

I LOVE that book!
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Riiight? So good! ^____^
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"Treasures such as no one had ever seen before!"
- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

So the fairy silver brought you treasures such as no one had ever seen before!
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" So the fairy silver brought you..."
From: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

"the Horn of Valere"
from The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

Ending with:
So the fairy silver brought you the Horn of Valere.
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First quote:
"So the fairy silver brought you..."
-Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Adding:
"...hidden treasure, secret codes, midlife love, a life-saving dog and a thrilling chase..."
-The Secret of the 48th Foot by F.J. Bowman

We get:
"So the fairy silver brought you hidden treasure, secret codes, midlife love, a life-saving dog and a thrilling chase."
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...a particularly good evening to begin a book..
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson


New quote:

So the fairy silver brought you a particularly good evening to begin a book.
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Beans have been sent!

Our next prompt for November is:

“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that…”
From: Splintered by A,G, Howard

Adding:
…I would kill for a cheeseburger.
From: The 5th Wave by RickYancey

New Quote:
“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that I would kill for a cheeseburger.”
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Addition: ‘…they have to break our forager spirits and train us to submit to our place in a modern hierarchy.’ — Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

Completed Quote:
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that they have to break our forager spirits and train us to submit to our place in a modern hierarchy.
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“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that…”
From: Splintered by A,G, Howard

"Life is very unsettling with ta'veren for friends."
from The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

Ending with
Don't ever let anyone tell you that life is very unsettling with ta'veren for friends.


(It's really really really unsettling. Not just 'very' ... :lol: )
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"You are not worthy of the power it will grant you."
- This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are not worthy of the power it will grant you.
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