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The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1)

by Terry Pratchett

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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8)

by Terry Pratchett

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Prisoners of History: What Monuments to World War II Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves

by Keith Lowe

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“Two old people in a room devoid of furniture, steam rising from their teacups. They were motionless and expressionless. Waiting for something. I wish I could go into their room and sit down with them. I'd give them my Rolex for that. I wish they would smile, and pour me a cup of jasmine tea. I wish the world was like that.”
― David Mitchell, Ghostwritten

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“It is axiomatic that one death is a tragedy, a thousand is a statistic.”
― Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

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“This is what you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be good, or just seem good? Do you want to be good to yourself and others? Do you care about other people, always, sometimes, never? Or only when convenient? What kind of person do you want to be?”
― Charles Yu, Sorry Please Thank You

tags: conscience, goodness, morality, people

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“Reality is the page. Life is the word.”
― David Mitchell, Number9Dream

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“To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to them. Albert Camus suggested that we fall in love with people because, from the outside, they look so whole, physically whole and emotionally 'together' - when subjectively we feel dispersed and confused. We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offended by the discovery of a similar lack in the other. Expecting to find the answer, we find only the duplicate of our own problem.”
― Alain de Botton, On Love

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