“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
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“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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