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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.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

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― John Williams

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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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