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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)

by George R.R. Martin

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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A lovely young girl with jet-black hair and the velvet eyes of a gazelle, was standing, leaning against an inner wall, rubbing an innocent sprig of heather between slender fingers like those on a classical statue, and pulling off the ...more

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“Sometimes, on the grand cosmic scale, the certainty of joy must outweigh the mere possibility of catastrophe.”
― Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry's Third Act

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“I won't let your ignorance silence my pain”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

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“One must worry about the strength of a principle when it must compromise itself so often to survive.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

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“Grief is weird. It seems to come in these waves out of nowhere. One minute I'm standing in the ocean, fine. The next minute I'm drowning.”
― Jeff Zentner, Goodbye Days

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“Forget malice or anger. All should beware the wrath of an offended soul.”
― Pierce Brown, Dark Age

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