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• I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga.

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Philosophical, Reading, Sides

  Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.32, Dial Press

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• Now that I think about it, maybe he is a werewolf. I can picture him lunging over the moors in hot pursuit of his prey, and I'm certain that he wouldn't think twice about eating an innocent bystander. I'll watch him closely at the next full moon. He's asked me to go dancing tomorrow--perhaps I should wear a high collar. Oh, that's vampires, isn't it? I think I am a little giddy. (After meeting Mr. Markham V. Reynolds, Jr.)

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Moon, Thinking, Bystanders

  Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.38, A&C Black

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• He had no imagination either-fatal for one engaged in child-rearing

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Children, Imagination, Child Rearing

  Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.43, Dial Press

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• ‎What a blight that woman is. Do you happen to know why? I lean toward a malignant fairy at her christening.

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Fairy, Blight, Christening

  Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.108, Dial Press

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• After all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone.

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Good Enough, Be Good, Austen

  Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.274, Dial Press

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• Moses: God or crowd control?!?

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Crowds, Moses

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• Do you arrange your books alphabetically? (I hope not.)

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Book

  Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.132, Dial Press

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• What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards!

  Mary Ann Shaffer

  Pride, Men, Prejudice

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