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Commonwealth

by Ann Patchett

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The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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“ The man rolls over onto his back, face-to-face with the morning sky. The messages swarm him. Even here, homeless, he thinks: Nothing will be the same.
The spruces answer: Nothing has ever been the same.
We're all doomed, the man thinks.
We have always all been doomed.
But things are different this time.
Yes. You're here.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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“What you make from a tree should be at least as miraculous as what you cut down.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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“Kindness may look for something in return, but that doesn’t make it any less kind.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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“Perhaps he makes a choice. He chooses the memory of her. That’s why he turns. He doesn’t make the lover’s choice, but the poet’s.”
― Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

tags: eurydice, love, muse, mythology, orpheus, orpheus-and-eurydice, poet, portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire

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“The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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