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Joseph Plunkett

by Honor O. Brolchain

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An Grá Riabhach

by Biddy Jenkinson

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The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

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James’s Quotes

“I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read.”
― William Trevor

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“Look, we are getting to be old men, and we've spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another's systems... Don't you think it's time to recognise that there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?”
― John le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

tags: humanity, logical-thinking

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“Éanlaith an aeir, beithígh na coillte, éisc na habhann is na farraige - bráithre dúinn iad siúd ar fad.”
― Pádraic Pearse, Ó Pheann an Phiarsaigh

tags: irish-language, nationalism, nature

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“Today everything must be easy and it mustn't take time ... ready meals. Powdered hot chocolate and instant coffee ... Living takes time. We need to give each other time.”
― Karin Fossum, Broken

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“The truth is that no one lives off the truth and that's why no one cares about the truth. The truth we make for ourselves is just the sum of what is in someone's interest, balanced by the power they hold.”
― Jo Nesbø, Flaggermusmannen

tags: harry-hole, jo-nesbo, the-bat

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