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This came in recently to the "Collaborate" section of the website. It made me smile for a long time:

"There are many little rewards to working in a used bookstore. One of them is the privilege of being surrounded by old books, to learn about them and from them. When people sell their books back to us, you often find personal inscriptions inside. Some are lengthy and heartfelt. Reading them, you imagine the giver had hoped the recipient would cherish it forever, and yet here it is, in the hands of a stranger, the book and its sentiment discarded, for whatever reason. This inscription was written on the half title page of a trade paperback copy of your novel "Sleeping In Flame" -

"For illustrating the kind of lover I want to be, I give you this book. My dreams lie within.

Always remember that the answers come with questions, so trust, and ask. At least with someone else's imagination we have the opportunity in this life or the next, to love again. To the only girl I want to steal horses with, enjoy. Still burning, and breathing you,"

Thought you might find this interesting...

Michael Hockinson

Powell's Books on Hawthorne

Portland, Oregon"