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Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

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The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)

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“The knowledge of what is mine and what is not mine, what I can and cannot do. I must die. But must I die bawling? I must be put in chains - but moaning and groaning too? I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?”
― Epictetus, Discourses

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“What we shared was no more than a fragment of a time long dead. Yet memories remained, warm memories that remained with me like lights from the past. And I would carry those lights in the brief interval before death grabbed me and tossed me back into the crucible of nothingness.”
― Haruki Murakami, Wind/Pinball: Two Novels

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“Tell yourself what you want to be, then act your part accordingly.”
― Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings

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“It was the present moment. No one need wonder that Orlando started, pressed her hand to her heart, and turned pale. For what more terrifying revelation can there be than that it is the present moment?”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando

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“There is no shame in making an honest effort.”
― Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings

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