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Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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Listen to the Land Speak: A journey into the wisdom of what lies beneath us

by Manchán Magan

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A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

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—I don’t really care what other people think about art, sir. Either you get it or you don’t, and it seems pretty stupid waiting on people to get it when you could just as easily enjoy having more museum space to yourself, thanks to one less ...more

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Colm’s Quotes

“It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: neil-gaiman, the-graveyard-book

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“It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.”
― William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

tags: observation, society

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“All men by nature desire to know.”
― Aristotle, Metaphysics

tags: knowledge, philosophy

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“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

tags: fate, humor, simile

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“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

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