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

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)

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Alain’s Quotes

“No star burns forever.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

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“The fun comes in telling them yourself—something I warmly encourage you to do, you person reading this. Read the stories in this book, then make them your own,”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

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“La depresión es un alto en el camino forzado y estrepitoso. La inmovilidad se parece mucho a la muerte, y la cama se parece a un ataúd. La depresión es una muerte chiquita. El problema es que no nos hemos muerto. Nuestra cabeza sigue ahí sobre la almohada, rumiando”
― Margarita Posada Jaramillo, Las muertes chiquitas

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“Quizás para compensar ese cuerpo maltrecho y grotesco que me había tocado en suerte, mi cerebro vivía siempre atento, ávido, y aprender se me facilitaba sobremanera, como si desde un comienzo supiera que mi inteligencia iba a ser la única arma de supervivencia en medio de un mundo cruel y amenazante”
― Mario Mendoza, La melancolía de los feos

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“This is the strange lesson of living in a pandemic: life can be tranquil in the face of death.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility

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