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“..when one is confronted by a complex problem, it is sometimes best to solve the easiet part of it first...”

Book:Storm Child

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Storm Child

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Michael Robotham

Michael Robotham is an Australian author known for his crime and psychological thrillers. His works are characterized by complex characters and tense plots, which have won him a dedicated following among readers. more

“Bartholomeus went on, 'I wanted to show that these objects are sensitive, suffer at the coming of night, faint at the departure of the last rays, which, by the way, also live in this room; they suffer as much, they fight against the darkness. There you have it. It's the life of things, if you like. The French would call it a nature morte, a picture of inanimate objects. That is not what I'm trying to show. Flemish puts it better: a still life.”

Painting Still Life Still Lifes

Book:The Bells of Bruges

Source: The Bells of Bruges

“Offerings gleam beneath consecrated trees, boulders, and caves where Kami nature spirits minister to congregations of saki cans, lotus root, and the glow of tangerines; still-lives silent as prayer.”

Poetry Nature Japan Farmers Gods Spirits Offerings Still Lifes Shintoism

Book:The Wishing Bones

Source: The Wishing Bones

“I wasn’t a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I was in.”

Humanity Racism Bigotry Exotic Exotic Animal

Book:Quixote in Ramadi: An Indigenous Account of Imperialism

Source: Quixote in Ramadi: An Indigenous Account of Imperialism

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