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A Soldier of the Great War

by Mark Helprin

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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

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I'm ever curious about religions and what makes them tick. Sounds pretty interesting.
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“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
― H.L. Mencken

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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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