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quoted The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence (The Library Trilogy, #1)

Mark Lawrence: The Book That Wouldn't Burn (Hardcover, 2023, Ace)

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires …

It's in the nature of humans to want to belong to a group, to want to be accepted, appreciated, and needed. What is most frightening about their kind are the sacrifices they are prepared to make in order to become part of such a tribe, clique, sect, sewing circle, cult, or book club. Reason and morality are often at the top of the list of what must be surrendered as part of the club fees. Truth becomes a collective property, an adaptable shield used to shelter the in-group from those outside.

Dogs, on the other hand, are great.

-Training Your Labrador, by Barbara Timberhut

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by  (The Library Trilogy, #1) (Page 697)

I'm pretty sure Mark Lawrence just made this book up but I can never be entirely certain. Either way, great quote.