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I Who Have Never Known Men

by Jacqueline Harpman

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

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Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State

by Cheikh Anta Diop

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Mai’s Quotes

“If I look back I am lost.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

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“Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

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