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Death by Dissertation (Cassandra Sato #1)

by Kelly Brakenhoff (Goodreads Author)

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Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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In Other Lands

by Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author)

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The Jersey Devil by J.J. Crane

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“Born in Hammonton, New Jersey 1968… grew up in Shamong Township. A true Piney.

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

tags: censorship, dissent, society, suppression, trouble

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“We are
Born like this
Into this
Into these carefully mad wars
Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
Into bars where people no longer speak to each other
Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die
Into lawyers who charge so much it’s cheaper to plead guilty
Into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
Into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes”
― Charles Bukowski

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“Born in Hammonton, New Jersey 1968… grew up in Shamong Township. A true Piney.”
― J.J. Crane, The Jersey Devil

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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
― Neil Gaiman

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