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Literature A - Z [ 26 / 26 ] ⟶ Z forThe Zookeeper’s Wife by Diana Ackerman

The idea of safety had shrunk into particles - one snug moment, then the next. Meanwhile, the brain piped fugues of worry and staged mind-theaters full of tragedies and triumphs, because unfortunately, the fear of death does wonders to focus the mind, inspire creativity, and heightens the senses. 

Literature A - Z [ 22 / 26 ] ⟶ VforViciousby VE Schwab

But these words people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labeled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.

books read in 2016-2017 : world of trouble by ben winters

It remains hard to fathom, hard to believe, that this is what the world has become. That this, of all possible worlds and times in which I could have been born, could have been a policeman, that this is the world and time that I got.

books read in 2016-2017 : countdown city by ben winters

As circulation improves over the next couple weeks, you’ll start to get a persistent tingling, and then you’ll need physical therapy to work toward regular functioning. Then, around early October, a massive object will strike Earth and you will die.

books read in 2016-2017 : the lazarus project by aleksander hemon

If you can’t go home, there is nowhere to go, and nowhere is the biggest place in the world - indeed, nowhere is the world

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