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Bea is Currently Reading

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The Doors of Perception

by Aldous Huxley

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The Luminaries

by Eleanor Catton

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Rome: Eternal City by Ferdinand Addis

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The culture of ancient Italy was shaped, above all, by Greeks. Greek stories were well known in Rome, especially those stories that had been told in Greece’s great epic poems, the Odyssey and the Iliad.

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“If they hate your race,
pardon them.
If they hate your religion,
enlighten them.
If they hate your gender,
admonish them.
If they hate your class,
avoid them.
If they hate your politics,
debate them.

If they hate your culture,
question them.
If they hate your tribe,
confront them.
If they hate your ancestry,
defy them.
If they hate your age,
outshine them.
If they hate your appearance,
disregard them.

If they love you for your knowledge,
teach them.
If they love you for your wisdom,
counsel them.
If they love you for your understanding,
instruct them.
If they love you for your intuition,
guide them.
If they love you for your excellence,
inspire them.

If they love you for your humility,
honor them.
If they love you for your compassion,
welcome them.
If they love you for your honesty,
value them.
If they love you for your kindness,
treasure them.
If they love you for your virtue,
cherish them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

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“My duty to myself is to amuse myself terrifically.”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

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“Anybody can have common sense, povided that they have no imagination”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

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“Getting angry at one of the horsemen of the apocalypse for bringing about the end of man is like getting angry at ice for being cold.”
― Laura Thalassa, Pestilence

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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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