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Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir

by Chris Packham

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Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

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There are certain kinds of deaths that one should not be expected to relive, certain kinds of connections so deep that when they are broken you feel the snap of the link inside you.

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

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“Nothing burns like the cold.”
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“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
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“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
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“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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