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The Hades Moon: Pluto in Aspect to the Moon

by Judy Hall (Goodreads Author)

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A Book of Fairies

by Katharine M. Briggs

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The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy: And How to End It

by David Icke

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“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”
― Wendell Berry

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“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“There's no money in poetry, but there's no poetry in money, either.”
― Robert Graves

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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

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