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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

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“There comes a time that people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression,”

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“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: emotions, mercy

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“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: sin

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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