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Sherman and the Burning of Columbia

by Marion Brunson Lucas

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The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

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No Exit and Three Other Plays

by Jean-Paul Sartre

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“I have no patience with people who grow old at sixty... Sixty should be the time to start something new, not put your feet up.”
― Mary Wesley

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“Věcí vlády je zasedat, nikoli mlátit. Vládne se hlavou a zadkem, nikoli pěstí.”
― Aldous Huxley

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