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Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

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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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

“The man or woman who is rarely lost, rarely discovers anything new.”
― Josiah Bancroft, Arm of the Sphinx

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“Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God’s image, but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.”
― John Milton, Areopagitica

tags: areopagitica, free-speech, liberty, philosophy

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“I don't know what I want. I said that at some point, I think. But it isn't that, it's that I don't want anyone to tell me what I want, or to make decisions for me.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

tags: individualism, liberty, science-fiction

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“The founding moment of a company, however, really does happen just once: only at the very start do you have the opportunity to set the rules that will align people toward the creation of value in the future.”
― Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

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“I’m suspicious of people who are certain.”
― Josiah Bancroft, Senlin Ascends

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