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Since taking a few scuba diving lessons, I've been really inspired to read this book! Incidentally, I used to love the submarine ride (RIP) at Disneyland. ...more "
Joseph Conrad’s quote from Heart of Darkness: “I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself not for others—what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it
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― The World of Yesterday
― The World of Yesterday
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― The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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― The Persian Boy
― The Persian Boy
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