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The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin

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The Essays of Montaigne, Complete. by Michel de Montaigne

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true fame. A man of genius belongs to no period and no country. He speaks the language of nature, which is always everywhere the same.

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Cheryl’s Quotes

“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
― Thomas Jefferson

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“In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.”
― André Maurois

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“Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic.”
― Aldous Huxley

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