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The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)

by James Islington (Goodreads Author)

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The Library Book by Susan Orlean

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“I don’t eat salad.” “Oh, come on, man, everyone eats salad!” “Not me.” Pause. “I love Dr Pepper.”

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Elantris (Elantris, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

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Warbreaker

by Brandon Sanderson

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John’s Quotes

“It's not your fate to be well treated," Ignatius cried. "You're an overt masochist. Nice treatment will confuse and destroy you.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

tags: anchoring, attachment, belonging, comfort, completion, fulfillment, home, irrevocability, permanence, philosophy, psychology, safety, security, state-of-mind

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“Consistency is the playground of dull minds.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: love

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“People can do things completely against their nature, completely. It’s like some tiny earthquake comes roaring through your body and soul, and it’s the only earthquake you’ll ever feel. But it damages so much, cracks the foundations of your life forever. So”
― Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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