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A Long and Speaking Silence (The Singing Hills Cycle, #7)

by Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)

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The Thief's Tale (The Ottoman Cycle Book 1)

by S.J.A. Turney (Goodreads Author)

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Jessie Leigh’s Quotes

“If there was anything I find wanting about your face, Miranda, it is only that I long to gaze upon it in the sun, where it belongs.”
― Katharine Duckett, Miranda in Milan

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“From the moment they walked in here, they saw only what they expected and missed the truth. They saw the pawn. And missed the queen.”
― Sangu Mandanna

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“The moment we raised our eyes to the heavens is the very moment we became, if something less than angels, still something more than animal.”
― Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

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“Every moon, sun, comet, planet, and star is itself a center, and exerts its own force upon all the rest.
Nothing in the universe stands alone.”
― Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

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“Rome was built on the blood of Remus; the Republic was born from the death of Lucretia; the Empire grew from the assassination of Caesar.”
― Emma Southon, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome

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