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Book cover for Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)

Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2) by T.J. Klune

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“I adore you,” Arthur said, and meant every word. “Oh,” Linus said, face flushing. “Yes, well. I happen to feel the same.

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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
― Mark Twain

tags: open-mindedness, travel

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“I often think how unadventurous my life must seem from the outside, though I do like my job.”
― Mary Hoffman, City of Flowers

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“Quant'é bella giovinezza
Che si fugge tuttavia
Chi vuol esser lieto, sia;
Di doman non c'é certezza”
― Lorenzo de' Medici

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“Ancora Imparo

(Yet I am learning)”
― Michelangelo

tags: learning

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“How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked.

'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do any more to it. And then you need to stop because if you don't, you will spoil it.”
― Mary Hoffman, David

tags: art, workplace-wisdom

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