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Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)

by Orson Scott Card

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The Women

by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)

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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)

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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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“Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.”
― Lucille Ball

tags: redheads

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“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: ignorance

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“Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet.”
― Diablo Cody, Juno: The Shooting Script

tags: humor, juno

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“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

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Join best-selling author James Patterson as he discusses the latest in his popular Alex Cross series Cross Fire. This group will be active November 15 ...more

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