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Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

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Shōgun

by James Clavell

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Andrew’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

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The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead which was shaped like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as he could remember and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt ...more

Andrew’s Quotes

“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature

tags: fear-of-unknown

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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin

tags: freedom, liberty, privacy, safety, security

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