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	Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2015 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Derek Künsken (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.51 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Metazen Christmas by Frank Hinton (Editor), Jordan Castro (Goodreads Author), Natasha Cabot 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Say Goodbye 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year One by Danny Goodman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karen Eileen Sikola, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé 4.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rattle #89, Fall 2025: Tribute to Late Bloomers by The Rattle Foundation, Timothy Green (Goodreads Author) (Editor), José A. Alcántara (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hawthorn Road (Inwood Indiana Vol. 2) by Glenn Lyvers (Editor & Contributor), Jack Bristow (Contributor), Brent Fisk (Contributor) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes & Heretics: A Pulp Empire Anthology by Nicholas Ahlhelm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike Phillips, Alexander Zelenyj (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fractured West 3 by Kirsty Logan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Conley, Bill Doig 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pure Fantasy and Sci-Fi Vol 3 by M.E. McMullen, Peter Lingard (Goodreads Author), James Valvis (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin (Classic Reprint)

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“Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”
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“I love everything that makes up a milieu, the rolling of the carriages and the noise of the workmen in Paris, the cries of a thousand birds in the country, the movement of the ships on the waters. I love also absolute, profound silence, and, in short, I love everything that is around me, no matter where I am.”
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“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
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“Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.”
― Andre Maurois

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