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Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)

by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author)

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Open Water

by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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Shakespeare's Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare

by Chris Laoutaris

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“The next slide is titled: 'Exploring your sexuality: Healthy, but does it have to be with the Prince of England?' She apologizes for not having time to come up with better titles. Alex actively wishes for the sweet release of death.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

tags: alex-claremont-diaz, ellen-claremont

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“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: education, fashion

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“My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There’s no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

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“To define is to limit.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: dandy, lord-henry-wotton, wilde

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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading

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