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The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo

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jet black, but brownish rather.

Grus monacha. The hooded crane's name in Russian is chyorny zhuravl, black crane. My Russian birdbook describes it as dark slate-black. Photos on iNaturalist show very dark birds and more brown.

“People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?”
― David Rakoff, Half Empty

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“You're unusual. That's better than popular if you have some courage.”
― Debra Dean, The Madonnas of Leningrad

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“Death’s greatest power is not that it can make people die, but that it can make people want to stop living.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

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