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The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)

by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)

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Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter

by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author)

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Jewels: A Secret History

by Victoria Finlay

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

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Mitali’s Quotes

“The man who assumes everything is a lie is at least as mistaken as the one who assumes everything is true.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Brothers in Arms

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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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“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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“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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“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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