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In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower

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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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Nobody drank from the well but Mimir himself. He said nothing: seldom do those who are silent make mistakes.

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“What do you despise? By this are you truly known.”
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“It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

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“I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me.”
― Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

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“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
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