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He Who Fights with Monsters 5 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #5)

by Shirtaloon (Goodreads Author)

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Linked (Gilded Blood #3)

by Rachel Rener (Goodreads Author)

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Our Oriental Heritage (Story of Civilization, Vol 1)

by Will Durant

bookshelves: currently-reading, cartography, culture, history, non-fiction, reference, series-the-story-of-civilization

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Troy’s Quotes

“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

tags: books, relationships

1214 likes

“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: identity, self-image, sense-of-self, stories, storytelling

5370 likes

“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: masks, pretending, pretense

2030 likes

“It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

422 likes

“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

tags: description, language, power-of-words, words

4001 likes

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