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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

by Leo Tolstoy

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Life of the Beloved and Our Greatest Gift

by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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The Iliad

by Homer

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Ben’s Quotes

“Character is destiny”
― Heraclitus, Fragments

tags: character, destiny, fate, fragment-121

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“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: gandalf, grief

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“A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to pick up the twenty, and split them all. Then he lost his temper, scattered the peas in all directions and ran away”
― Leo Tolstoy

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