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Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

by Dipo Faloyin

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version

by Anonymous

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Project 333: The Minimalist Fashion Challenge That Proves Less Really Is So Much More

by Courtney Carver (Goodreads Author)

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The Shortest Day

by Colm Tóibín

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Ali’s Quotes

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Hours

tags: life, peace

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“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz

tags: humor, mankind, people

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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
― Anais Nin

tags: death, love

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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“Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

tags: humor

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