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The Dictionary of Lost Words

by Pip Williams

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The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0)

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You Can Have an Amazing Memory: Learn Life-Changing Techniques and Tips from the Memory Maestro

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“If there are gods to listen, they are monstrous gods, who torment us for their sport. Who else would make a world like this, so full of bondage, blood, and pain?”
― George R.R. Martin, The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister

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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
― Nelson Mandela

tags: bravery, courage, fear

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“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, books, re-reading, reading

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“Dis die opgesmukte weergawe van die waarheid wat mense wil hê, nie harde feite nie.”
― Gerda Taljaard, Die laksman se dogter

tags: feite

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“It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: leadership

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