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The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

by Tyler Staton (Goodreads Author)

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Allison’s Notes & Highlights

Babel by R.F. Kuang

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Language was always the companion of empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall.

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Allison’s Quotes

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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“hand you the right storybook, and you are capable of anything”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

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“How can I accept a world where over a million people will die this year for want of a cure that has existed for nearly a century?”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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“Destiny, Vera thinks, is something to be hunted down and grabbed tightly with both hands and shaken until it gives her exactly what she wants.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

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