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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre — Anarchist, Feminist, Genius

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

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In May, when coyotes howl beneath an unnervingly large moon, taller plants, such as spiderworts and black-eyed Susans, begin to creep over the tinier blooms, stealing their light and water. The necks of the smaller flowers break and their ...more

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Julia’s Quotes

Leo Tolstoy

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

tags: family, first-sentence

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Voltaire

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
― Voltaire

tags: double-standards, ethics, governments, humor, irony, killing, law, mankind, morality, murder, nationalism, nations, war

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George Orwell

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

tags: animal-farm

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Leo Tolstoy

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: love, respect

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Franz Kafka

“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
― Franz Kafka

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