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Prince Valiant, Vol. 9: Journey to the Misty Isles

by Hal Foster

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Moral Essays by Plutarch (1971-06-24)

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe

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Stephen’s Quotes

“I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

tags: corwin, growing-up, growth, life, moving-forward, moving-on, self

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“He never saw Molly again.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

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“Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.”
― Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky

tags: fiction, fictions, history, mythology

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“We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky

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“There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: business, strategy, war

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A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more

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