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Book cover for The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike, #8)

The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike, #8) by Robert Galbraith

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‘Proper man’ was a Polworth-ism with many connotations. To be a proper man meant to be a strong man, an outdoors man, but also a man of principle. It meant lack of bombast, a repudiation of shallowness and a core of quiet self-belief. It ...more

Harlem Shuffle

by Colson Whitehead

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Zone One

by Colson Whitehead

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C’s Quotes

“It was so damn strange, John thought, how sometimes the most unlikely, an ugly little man like this one, could hold such power. He had a tremendous command presence, his voice sweet, rich, carrying power. So strange how some had that, could spout utter insanity and others would follow blindly.”
― William R. Forstchen, One Second After

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“No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.”
― Harold G. Moore, We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

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“Still, February's departure remains worthy of note. This February was Washington's coldest in 36 years. Only three times in the past 100 years has the capital experienced a colder one.”
― Anonymous

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“You may have heard that your grief journey’s end will come when you resolve, or recover from, your grief. But your journey will never end. Soften, yes, but end, no. People do not “get over” the death of a pet.”
― Alan D. Wolfelt, When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing

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