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The mechanism seems simple: poor people are forced to share their time and resources more than wealthy people are, and as a result they live in closer communities.
“Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.”
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“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
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If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
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“Every greedy, unreasonable dream I'd ever had about what a woman should be came true in Mona.”
― Cat’s Cradle
― Cat’s Cradle
“Good manners,” said Emerson, “are made up of petty sacrifices.”
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
“He was enchanted by the mystery of coming ashore naked on an unfamiliar island. He resolved to let the adventure run its full course, resolved to see just how far a man might go, emerging naked from salt water.”
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