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Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival

by Chris Horton

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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling

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“There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,” said Dumbledore’s voice. “On the contrary . . . the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.”

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“I write: All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters Remix

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“Ma da questo libro quante menti corrotte come la tua trarrebbero l’estremo sillogismo, per cui il riso è il fine dell’uomo! Il riso distoglie, per alcuni istanti, il villano dalla paura. Ma la legge si impone attraverso la paura, il cui nome vero è timor di Dio.”
― Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa

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“Il riso libera il villano dalla paura del diavolo, perché nella festa degli stolti anche il diavolo appare povero e stolto, dunque controllabile. Ma questo libro potrebbe insegnare che liberarsi della paura del diavolo è sapienza.”
― Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa

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“I still have that fear, even now—that suddenly my very existence will be denied and, through no fault of my own, I’ll be hurled into the night sea once more. Maybe that’s why I haven’t been able to form deep relationships with people. I always keep a distance between me and others.” He”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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“Non conta la fede che un movimento propone, conta la speranza che offre. Gratta l’eresia, troverai il lebbroso. E ogni battaglia contro l’eresia vuole solo che il lebbroso rimanga lebbroso.”
― Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa

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