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Mitali is Currently Reading

Mitali is currently reading

Jewels: A Secret History

by Victoria Finlay

bookshelves: non-fiction, history, jewels, currently-reading

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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

bookshelves: fiction, fantasy, currently-reading

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Mitali’s Quotes

“What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

tags: discworld

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“No, no, never send interim reports," said Miles. "Only final ones. Interim reports tend to elicit orders. Which you must then either obey, or spend valuable time and energy evading, which you could be using to solve the problem.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Brothers in Arms

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“I had to discover and teach myself all kinds of tricks to get people to respond to the inside of me, and not the outside.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Brothers in Arms

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“Well, one couldn't help one's thoughts. One could help opening one's mouth and saying something really stupid, though.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Memory

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“It reminded him of that definition of his father's. A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind was the first and final battleground; the stuff in between was just noise.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, The Vor Game

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