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The Man Called Noon

by Louis L'Amour

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Aground (John Ingram, #1)

by Charles Williams

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Babel

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, fantasy, historical-fiction, history, literary, literary-fiction, magical-realism, books-about-books, dark-academia

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Franky’s Quotes

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
― Anita Desai

tags: travel

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“It is most likely that I will die next to a pile of books I was meaning to read.”
― Lemony Snicket

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“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― Iain Cameron Williams, The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue

tags: hope, hope-quotes, hopefulness, optimism, optimism-quotes, optimist

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“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Wilkie Collins, Armadale

tags: books

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“Life finds a way”
― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

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