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Birds Without Wings
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A sweeping historical novel set in a small Anatolian village, exploring the lives of its diverse inhabitants amidst the chaos of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

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Love is not love if it is not requited.

Louis de Bernières

love

It's the hope that kills you.

Louis de Bernières

hope

We are all made of the same clay, but not from the same mold.

Louis de Bernières

unitydiversity

Every man has his reasons for what he does.

Louis de Bernières

reasoning

We are nothing without our traditions, except perhaps very lonely.

Louis de Bernières

traditions

What's the harm in a little gossip? It's like the weather, everyone talks about it but no one can change it.

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gossipsociety

Perhaps the earth will not swallow me up, but the shame will.

Louis de Bernières

shame

One cannot help but be impressed by the nobility of a people who do not consider living to be a priority.

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nobility

We are all made of good and evil, and it is the choice of our will which determines what we become.

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The only solution to the world's problems is to have more men of integrity and more women of virtue.

Louis de Bernières

integrityvirtue