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Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2)

by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)

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Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke

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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 16, 2025 07:59PM

“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

tags: childhood, happiness

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“My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

tags: a-song-of-ice-and-fire, friendship, george-r-r-martin, summer, winter

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“have i gone mad?
im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

tags: humor

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“When I was little, my mother told me there are basically two kinds of people in the world: town people and circus people. The kind who stay are town people, and the kind who leave are circus people.”
― Cathy Day, The Circus In Winter

tags: circus

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