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Shame

by Salman Rushdie

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Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

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“I am a citizen of the world.”
― Sylvia Beach

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“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
― Moliere

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“Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.”
― H. Rider Haggard, She

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“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.”
― Carson McCullers

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“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

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