The Philosopher Kings (Thessaly, #2)
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philosophy is harder when you’re cold and hungry.
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Her absence was like a presence, but Father’s grief was like a huge sucking whirlpool that threatened to sweep everything up and carry it away.
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said. “I want to see something that isn’t just this island.” “So do I,” I said.
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“Read. Write. Learn.”
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You have a womb and can grow a new person. I can’t.”
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people ought to do and making more art instead of squabbling over the art we had.
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that was the work that needed to be done.
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“We need to stop fighting about art and concentrate on increasing our excellence,” Father
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I’d never really considered that peace isn’t just the absence of war but an active positive force.