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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
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