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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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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

“Nothing can unman you like an un-man.”
― Chuck Hogan, The Strain

tags: dark-humor, strain, unman

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Guillermo del Toro

“When the power of Jesus fails you, then you know you truly are shit out of luck.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Strain

tags: funny

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“But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Strain

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“Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death.”
― Guillermo del Toro, The Strain

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Franz Kafka

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka

tags: books, castle, self

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