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On Marriage and Concupiscence

by Augustine of Hippo

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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

by Tamim Ansary (Goodreads Author)

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Paradise Lost

by John Milton

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Irene ’s Quotes

“If faces were different when lit from above or below -- what was a face? What was anything?”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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“When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it's alive; then they have the parts and they've lost the whole, for the link that's missing was the living soul.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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“The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

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“When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

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