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The Dead Mountaineer's Inn

by Arkady Strugatsky

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Jun 26, 2018 11:03AM

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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)

by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 26, 2018 11:02AM

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)

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“Well, all speaking is difficult, whether peril attends it or not. Sometimes peril to the body, sometimes a more intimate, miniature, invisible peril to the soul. When to speak at all is a betrayal of something, perhaps a something not even identified, hiding inside the chambers of the body like a scared refugee in a site of war.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

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“Clinton and his cigar was so much greater a man than Bush and his rifle.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

tags: politicians

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“I argued that physical discomfort is important only when the mood is wrong. Then you fasten on to whatever thing is uncomfortable and call that the cause. But if the mood is right, then physical discomfort doesn't mean much.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

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“That is because at the close of the day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

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“And he is about seventy, very dignifed, unwell, and mad. Yes, he is mad. That is to say, psychotic, and I see from his file that he unfortunately was found years ago sheltering in a schoolyard, under a seat, with three dead dogs tied to his leg, which he was dragging about with him. But as I spoke to him, all I could feel was love. That was ridiculous. And I am deeply, deeply suspicious of it.”
― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

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