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“Safest place for a book is on the shelf, but that's neither its place nor purpose. A book is supposed to have wrinkled pages, cover ripped, and spine broken, still unbent - that's how you know it's a book well read, and the same holds true for a life well lived.”

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Book:Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
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