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Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

June 15, 2018

“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” … More Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

June 11, 2018

“It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem” … More The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – John Le Carré

March 11, 2018

“It’s the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?” … More Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – John Le Carré

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Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell

March 3, 2018

“That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!” … More Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell

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Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

January 26, 2018

“It is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence–that which makes its truth, its meaning–its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream–alone.” … More Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

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The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien

October 2, 2017

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” … More The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides

March 11, 2017

“It didn’t matter in the end how old they had been, or that they were girls, but only that we had loved them, and that they hadn’t heard us calling” … More The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides

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Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

February 19, 2017

“Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.” … More Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

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The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

January 2, 2017

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down” … More The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

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Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

July 24, 2016

“To understand just one life you have to swallow the world” … More Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie

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