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  1. Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

    Landlessness claims a deeper truth—would you choose glorious extinction at sea over ignoble safety ashore?
    Herman Melville

  2. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    He argues that solitude made him vicious and that companionship—an equal—might destroy the cause of his crimes.
    Mary Shelley

  3. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    As he neared home a dark certainty fell over him: the misery he foresees is only a fraction of the anguish to come.
    Mary Shelley

  4. Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

    Captain Ahab didn't name himself—call him moody and savage if you will, but those who've sailed with him swear he has 'humanities'.
    Herman Melville

  5. The Republic

    You stand before a table of possible lives and must choose—what would you pick if each choice forged your soul?
    Plato

  6. Pride and Prejudice

    He may keep his reason, yet your arts could make him forget duty—who will he be if drawn in?
    Jane Austen

  7. Pride and Prejudice

    Do you pretend ignorance when you've been the ones to spread the rumor?
    Jane Austen

  8. The Republic

    Guardians must be dangerous to enemies and gentle to friends—without that balance, they will destroy themselves first.
    Plato

  9. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

    Toss aside your winter robe of repentance—the Bird of Time has only a little way to flutter.
    Omar Khayyam (Ghiyāth al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī)

  10. The Republic

    They keep looking up at perfect justice and down at human copies—what image of a man do you get by blending both?
    Plato

  11. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Holmes's quiet hours at the piano are the calm before a hunt—when his languor breaks, he becomes unstoppable.
    Arthur Conan Doyle

  12. Jane Eyre

    Brine and foam—and the vast ocean of wealth, caste, and custom—stand between me and the man I love.
    Charlotte Brontë

  13. The Republic

    A true helmsman does not beg sailors to obey—so why do we expect rulers to plead for the right to govern?
    Plato

  14. Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

    Fanaticism convinces the many far more than it fools the one—how did a self-declared archangel make an entire ship obey delirium?
    Herman Melville

  15. Treasure Island

    Close to the gold, Silver's promises fell away—his eyes fixed on seizing the treasure and leaving a trail of betrayal behind.
    Robert Louis Stevenson