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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

bookshelves: realismo-magico, currently-reading, latin-american

Reading for the 2nd time

read in June 2017

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Mar 10, 2018 01:27PM · see review

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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

by Susan Casey

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Mar 05, 2026 07:52PM

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The Republic

by Plato

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May 14, 2018 09:27AM

“Lets dedicate ourselves to what the ancient greeks wrote so many years ago, to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that”
― Robert F. Kennedy

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“But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”
― John Lennon

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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