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The Complete Essays

by Michel de Montaigne

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Jean Santeuil

by Marcel Proust

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Jun 06, 2013 11:01PM

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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

by Walter Benjamin

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Polly’s Quotes

“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ”
― Ernest Gaines

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“Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.”
― Norman Mailer

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