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The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)

by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)

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Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)

by Jerome K. Jerome

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Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

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“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucious

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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