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The Black Book

by Orhan Pamuk

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“I am not sure that I could explain in a way you could understand," replied the old man. "We judge life by our own reactions and sensations, and the reactions and sensations of others are often mere incomprehensible theories.”
― J. Jefferson Farjeon, Mystery in White

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“Get up, stand up; stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up; don't give up the fight!”
― Bob Marley

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“he wanted the viewers to hear about the glory of the Trump family name. After all, this is the heart of the Fifth Commandment—to make your father’s name great by honoring him in word and deed.”
― David Brody, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography

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“Let me tell you something that goes against popular wisdom. Love is not blind; it just looks in the wrong places.”
― Meena Kandasamy, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

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“Watch your words diligently. Words have such great power to bless or to wound. When you speak carelessly or negatively, you damage others as well as yourself.”
― Sarah Young

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