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J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien

Alex Rider Boxed Set, #1-5 by Anthony Horowitz

Eragon, Eldest & Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Mortal Instruments Boxed Set by Cassandra Clare

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Minerva’s Quotes

“I hate dreams. I don't want any more dreams. I don't want any more anything.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

tags: depression, dream-country, facade, neil-gaiman, the-sandman

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“The word I use is hubris. Our word for arrogance that scrapes the stars, for violence and towering rage as ugly as the gods.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

tags: hubris, pride, rage

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“The man who climbed from the bottom to the top and then fell to the bottom again feels as if he has lived the lives of hundreds of people!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

tags: bottom, climbing, falling, living-life, mehmet-murat-ildan-quotes, top

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“Power swells the head and shatters the crown.”
― Stewart Stafford

tags: dictatorship, french-revolution, hubris, ivory-tower, leadership, monarchy, power, power-quote, power-quotes, tyranny

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“Education is the way out of the poverty trap. It shouldn't be the poverty trap itself and make those trying to better themselves incur massive student debt.”
― Stewart Stafford

tags: bernie-sanders, bettering-ourselves, education, education-quotes, education-system, free-education, poverty-trap, social-climbing, student-debt-crisis, way-out

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