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The Ancients had always said that the world below was an exact replica of the world above, except that it was wrapped in the mists of eternity. (Book 5)

— Simone Schwarz-Bart Ti Jean l'horizon (1979)

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“The fact is that a mere nothing, a thought, a whim, a particle of dust can change the course of a life. (chapter 1)

Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle (1972)

“However tall trouble is, man must make himself taller still, even if it means making stilts. (chapter 3)

Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle (1972)

"Behind one pain there is another. Sorrow is a wave without end. But the horse mustn't ride you, you must ride it." (chapter 3)

Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle (1972)

By a mere word tossed into the air he had escaped doom. (chapter 4)

Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle (1972)

“...the goods of he earth remain the earth's, and man does not own even the skin he is wrapped in. All he owns are the feelings of his heart." (chapter 3)

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

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It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

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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