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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin The Witches by Roald Dahl A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 1984 by George Orwell The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
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Oliver’s Quotes

Ursula K. Le Guin
“Do you know how to read?'
'No. It is one of the black arts.'
He nodded. 'But a useful one,' he said.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan
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Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Philosophy, and Science fiction


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