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Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire

by Emma Southon

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The Butcher of Nazareth

by David Scott Hay (Goodreads Author)

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The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5) by Brandon Sanderson

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That should have made him an anxious, stewing pot of nerves. Instead he tipped his head back, sun warm on his skin, and acknowledged that while he didn’t feel great, someday he would feel great again.

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“Life is meant to be felt. Else why live? Valleys make the mountains.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

tags: emotions, feelings, life

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“That's not fair, you know. If we knew when we were going to die, people would lead better lives."

IF PEOPLE KNEW WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO DIE, I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIVE AT ALL.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

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“It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

tags: humorous, inspirational, life

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“Inside Every Living Person is a Dead Person Waiting to Get Out…”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

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“I do not know why they make you girls wear dresses, though. Maybe to make it hurt more to explore”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

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