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Chris is Currently Reading

Chris Berry is currently reading

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1)

by Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)

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Chris’s Notes & Highlights

Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

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We have keys but no locks (except in lavatories), blackboards but no chalk, students but no seats, teachers but no time to teach.

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Chris’s Quotes

“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
― Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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“You’re a candle that won’t be snuffed, and now the darkest parts of this world can see you. And they don’t tolerate the light.”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, The Glass Magician

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“For the first time, he seems small and old to me. It’s not his wrinkles. It’s what he says. He is a relic. Thoughts like his belong to the age I am trying to destroy. He can’t help what he believes. He’s not seen what I’ve seen. He’s not come from where I’ve been.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

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“I was forged in the bowels of this hard world. Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

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“This is what our world is now: the dead, the lost, the wounded. Could I have done anything about it? Could I have prevented this by speaking up?”
― Marieke Nijkamp, This Is Where It Ends

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