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Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

by Jay Kristoff (Goodreads Author)

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Ordinary Monsters (The Talents Trilogy, #1)

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Dune (Dune, #1)

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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
― Rudyard Kipling

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

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“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
― Sir Francis Bacon

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