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The Forgiven
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They made him remember that he was almost old, in that phase of pre-oldness that was curiously more alive that the preceding stages, but alive because it was ending.
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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