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Words are sublime, and in books we may commune with the dead. Beyond this there is nothing true, no voices we can hear.

— Sofia Samatar A Stranger in Olondria (2013)

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The truth has its own virtue, which is separate from its content.

A Stranger in Olondria (2013)

Someone tell me why my road
is eternally strewn with ashes.

A Stranger in Olondria (2013)

The Feast of Birds is dedicated to Avalei, the Goddess of Love and Death, of whom my master had said: “Not all that is ancient is worthy of praise.”

A Stranger in Olondria (2013)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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