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“Foolish human. You think a war is won without sacrifice? A crown earned without strife? A kingdom saved without tenacity? Your weakness is not your incompetence or your cowardice. It is your inability to forgive yourself. I have failed, time and again, but so long as I breathe, I will not falter. To live is to persevere. For the world, and in spite of it.”

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Book:The Ashfire King
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SacrificeSurvivalHistorical FictionParents And ChildrenUkraineStarvationFamineHolodomorMoral DilemmasHuman Cost
Book:Камінь. Біографічний роман. Книга третя. Несправджені сподівання.: Все буде Голодомор.
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