The Paradise Problem
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Started reading August 28, 2025
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Personally, I think she loves chaos because she’s a Scorpio.
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Unbearable is a relative term, but I think it’s safe to say that it is unbearably hot and humid in Indonesia.
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Being an artist is sometimes about not being afraid to do it badly first.
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unlikely,” I say, and every head turns my way. “Everyone needs seven to nine hours of sleep a night. You can try to convince yourself you don’t need more, but over time you’ll build up a sleep debt. It probably affects your mental and physical health more than you realize, Alex.”
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agree we all spend too much time talking about how busy we are and not enough time taking care of ourselves!” “Do less, but better,”
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“I grew up in Fontana. I can hear that face you’re making, you coastal snob.”
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And before you ask, no one calls it Fontucky anymore.”
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Reddit is both a trash fire and an invaluable resource.”
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Vivi replies with a gif of Whoopi Goldberg saying You in danger girl, and she could not be more correct.
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Of all the sounds I dislike in this world, the blare of the alarm at seven this morning takes the top spot.
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My optimism about the world and the people in it has been ripped wide open, exposing the stain of humanity underneath it; I can’t unsee that.
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“When do you get home?” she asks. “Like in an hour,” I say, laughing, “because the math involved in traveling to and from Asia is make-believe.”
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“Do you realize that for someone like me a few thousand can feel as impossible as a few million?”
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“But you can’t buy my love. That part of me wasn’t ever for sale. I gave you my body and my heart because of what you make me feel, not because you’re rich.
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He walks back to the window, looking out over the Singapore skyline.
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We step out of the stream of traffic, walking to the side of the no-man’s-land area of LAX customs
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pulling out a pen from the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Changi Airport
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It feels amazing to physically lean on my dad again.
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“When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters,”