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The Harp: Its History, Technique and Repertoire.

by Roslyn Rensch

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Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)

by Steven Erikson (Goodreads Author)

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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"Finally getting back to these! I finished the Memoirs. I've liked the short story collections much more than the first two novels. Memoirs felt like it had much more focus on Holmes and Watson in addition to all the detail put into the individual cases. This second collection also felt slightly more diverse in the cases' themes. I enjoy the eccentricity of Holmes." — Aug 09, 2020 05:55PM

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Swan’s Quotes

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

tags: truth

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“Anticipating pain was like enduring it twice. Why not anticipate pleasure instead?”
― Robin Hobb, Renegade's Magic

tags: anticipation, pain, pleaseure

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“Thinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting.”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin

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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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