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"Concise and illuminating. Many interesting concepts such as labeling the USA as a “pointillist empire” due to its territorial extension through the acquisition of a number of islands in the Pacific and Atlantic." — Dec 05, 2025 08:19AM
"Concise and illuminating. Many interesting concepts such as labeling the USA as a “pointillist empire” due to its territorial extension through the acquisition of a number of islands in the Pacific and Atlantic." — Dec 05, 2025 08:19AM
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"Soyinka’s introduction is superb. In a handful of pages he managed to transform my initial approach, going from merely regarding it as a sort of intellectual curio, to taking it seriously as a work of literature. Apparently, this books is a precursor to magical realism around the world, including Latin America." — Nov 30, 2025 07:25PM
"Soyinka’s introduction is superb. In a handful of pages he managed to transform my initial approach, going from merely regarding it as a sort of intellectual curio, to taking it seriously as a work of literature. Apparently, this books is a precursor to magical realism around the world, including Latin America." — Nov 30, 2025 07:25PM
“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
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“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
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“How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”
― Sister Carrie
― Sister Carrie
“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”
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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Eleonora
― Eleonora
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