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A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin

Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out by Laura VanArendonk Baugh

Learning to Say "Satoraljaujhely" by Lynn Saul

Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe, 900–1400 by Donald Ostrowski

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul Strathern

The Beauty and the Terror by Catherine Fletcher

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Plato in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series)

by Paul Strathern

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Dec 20, 2025 10:18AM

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The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped

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The Beauty and the Terror: The Italian Renaissance and the Rise of the West

by Catherine Fletcher (Goodreads Author)

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Sydney’s Notes & Highlights

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

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“It’s me,” I say, and the goddamn injustice of having to say that, of having to remind her of her daughter, suddenly lights me up. It’s like that with me, sitting curled in my chest, until the smallest spark and the wick catches. I left, I ...more

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Sydney’s Quotes

“festive hearts wane
and sink like tides of joy.”
― Ben Ditmars, Night Poems

tags: christmas, hearts, holidays, joy, new-year, poem, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes

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“She was lonely. Who isn't lonely, I'd like to know? And that includes people who do have someone but just haven't noticed.”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

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“We don't get to choose what hurts us”
― Rory Power, Wilder Girls

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“your body
is a museum
of natural disasters
can you grasp how
stunning that is”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

149 likes

“She wears strength and darkness equally well,
The girl has always been half goddess, half hell”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

tags: darkness, strength, strong-woman

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