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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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The Love Poems of Rumi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by N.K. Jemisin

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You think of a line from stonelore, Structures, verse three. The body fades. A leader who lasts relies on more.

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“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?”
― Voltaire, Candide, or, Optimism

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“But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.”
― Voltaire, Candide

tags: live, world

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“Let us cultivate our garden.”
― Voltaire, Candide

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