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"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
“The modern god,--the only god in whom faith is preserved,--money, is here, in all its power, manifested in a single countenance.”
― Eugenie Grandet
― Eugenie Grandet
“MENELAOS: What's wrong with you? What sickness wastes you away?
ORESTES: Conscience.”
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ORESTES: Conscience.”
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“Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live.”
― The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
― The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”
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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― Those Who Remain
― Those Who Remain
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Art, Children's, Classics, Comics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, and mythology
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