Selfishness


The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
If You Plant a Seed
The Giving Tree
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Bully
The Smallest Gift of Christmas
Ugly Fish
Limelight Larry
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
The Rainbow Fish
Me First
The Inheritance: Gripping intrigue and big secrets, the perfect small-town mystery in a new 2026 edition, for readers of Sally Hepworth and Liane Moriarty
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensMacbeth by William ShakespeareCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlAnimal Farm by George OrwellBartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
The Deadly Sin of Greed
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Octavia E. Butler
Beware: At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease.
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents

Rupi Kaur
that is the thing about selfish people. they gamble entire beings. entire souls to please their own. one second they are holding you like the world in their lap and the next they have belittled you to a mere picture. a moment. something of the past. one second. they swallow you up and whisper they want to spend the rest of their life with you. but the moment they sense fear. they are already halfway out the door. without having the nerve to let you go with grace. as if the human heart means that ...more
Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

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