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Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman

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“That’s the duty of the old,” said the Librarian, “to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”

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“Doing history means building bridges between the past and the present, observing both banks of the river, taking an active part on both sides.”
― Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

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“Magic never dies. It merely fades away.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

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“God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

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“I think you hate me because… I’m someone you can hate. I’m here, I’m handy. But what you really hate is the world.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Broken Earth Trilogy

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