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D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

by Antony Beevor

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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

by Anton Chekhov

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The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

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Robert’s Quotes

“The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!”
― Fernando Pessoa

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“All human wisdom is contained in these two words--"Wait and Hope.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“This world is for those who are born to conquer it, Not for those who dream that are able to conquer it, even if they're right.”
― Fernando Pessoa, Poems of Fernando Pessoa

tags: conquest, strong-willed

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“It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them aren't even young and beautiful now.”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: california, hollywood, los-angeles

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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more