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Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

by Christopher Clark

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Orientalism

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Solutions and Other Problems

by Allie Brosh (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame

Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson

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There is nothing more fun than being young and judgmental.

“That’s one reason why today meeting in bars or in the neighborhood is far less common among LGBT couples than it used to be, and why nearly 70 percent of LGBT couples meet online. (BLT couples—bacon, lettuce, and tomato couples—are inanimate objects and are not engaging in romantic pursuits.)”
― Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance: An Investigation

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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

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“There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.”
― Victor Hugo

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“Before we are forgotten, we will be turned into kitsch. Kitsch is the stopover between being and oblivion.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“She knew only too well that the song was a beautiful lie. As soon as kitsch is recognized for the lie it is, it moves into the context of non-kitsch, thus losing its authoritarian power and becoming as touching as any other human weakness. For none among us is superman enough to escape kitsch completely. No matter how we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being