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The Hour of the Star

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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

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“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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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

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“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my eyes and all is born again.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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