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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)

by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)

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Walden or, Life in the Woods

by Henry David Thoreau

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“I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.”
― Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands With The Devil

tags: god

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

tags: civil-rights, free-speech, free-will, freedom, intelligence, liberty, stupidity

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“This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.”
― Jennifer Weiner

tags: certain-girls

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“Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.”
― Isaac Asimov

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