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Memoirs of a Geisha

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The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves – An Inspiring Investigation into Climate Change and Sustainable Economics

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100 Best-Loved Poems by Philip Smith

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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride In her sepulchre there by the sea — In her tomb by the side of the sea.

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“That must be something, no? To be so rich you think you can buy reality?”
― Mia Alvar, In the Country: Stories

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“And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride In her sepulchre there by the sea — In her tomb by the side of the sea.”
― Philip Smith, 100 Best-Loved Poems

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“Time only blunts the pain of loss. It doesn’t erase it.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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“WHY NOT RATHER untruth? And uncertainty? Even ignorance?”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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“Bacon loved the extremes of waking in the grim discomfort of his living quarters and working in the studio’s cramped chaos before appearing for dinner, impeccably groomed, in the hushed opulence of a grand hotel.”
― Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma

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