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American Exception: Empire and the Deep State

by Aaron Good

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Parallel Lives

by Olivier Schrauwen

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The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

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Paul’s Quotes

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

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“Love truth, but pardon error.”
― Voltaire

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“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
― Malcolm X

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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

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