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“One day,' you said, 'I watched the sunset forty-three times!'
And a little later you added:
'You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.'
'Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunset?'
But the prince made no answer.”
― The Little Prince
And a little later you added:
'You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.'
'Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunset?'
But the prince made no answer.”
― The Little Prince

“Mobutu’s dictatorial reign between 1965 and 1997 created the violent free-for-all of today’s Congo.”
― Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country
― Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country

“Colonel Nguyen Van Tan said, “Sauget et Sang, you shall start making amends by confessing your crimes in public here, in this courtroom when the reporters from news services around the world arrive!”
(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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“Her growing possessiveness felt both good and bad.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow

“There is no hatred in my love for you. Only a sadness I feel all the more strongly for my inability to explain or describe it.”
― The Broom of the System
― The Broom of the System
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