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The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power, and Survival

by Serhii Plokhy

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

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Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts

by Alex Langlands

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Nina’s Quotes

“Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable.”
― Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold

tags: funny, greek, humor, humour, language, myth, mythology, myths, pronounciation

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“Hope clouds observation.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche

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“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

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