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Fatherland

by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: dystopia, thriller, currently-reading

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“I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant.”
― C.S. Forester, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

tags: funny

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“Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. "The night is dark and full of turnips," he announced in a solemn voice. "Let us all pray for venison, my children, with some onions and a bit of tasty gravy.”
― George R.R. Martin

tags: 144, melisandre, mock, night-s-watch, parody, pyp, r-hllor, the-wall

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“Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

tags: charity, death, heroic, life

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“You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

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“If this is victory, then our hands are too small to hold it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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