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The Wolf and His King

by Finn Longman (Goodreads Author)

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A Sorceress Comes to Call

by T. Kingfisher

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Alyssa’s Notes & Highlights

The Odyssey by Homer

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Memory (Mnemosyne) is said to be the mother of the Muses, because poetry, music, and storytelling are all imagined as modes by which people remember the times before they were born.

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Alyssa’s Quotes

“Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

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“You're trying to eat grass that isn't there. Why don't you give it a chance to grow?”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

tags: impatience, patience, worry

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“Is time the wheel that turns, or the track it leaves behind?”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand

tags: riddles, time

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“But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: lord-of-the-rings, middle-earth, tolkien, Éowyn

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