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“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“My mother, who was a waitress, gave me white wedgies and a fresh uniform in a plain wrapper. “You’ll never make it as a waitress,” she said, “but I’ll stake you anyway.” It was her way of showing her support.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“It was exciting just to stand in front of the hallowed ground of Birdland that had been blessed by John Coltrane, or the Five Spot on St. Mark’s Place where Billie Holiday used to sing, where Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman opened the field of jazz like human can openers.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“I can only thank, as I have within myself many times through the years, this unknown benefactor. She was the one who gave me the last piece of encouragement, a thief’s good-luck sign.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“I’m certain, as we filed down the great staircase, that I appeared the same as ever, a moping twelve-year-old, all arms and legs. But secretly I knew I had been transformed, moved by the revelation that human beings create art, that to be an artist was to see what others could not.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
Eric’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Eric’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
185 books
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69 friends
532 books
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51 friends
832 books
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235 friends
16 books
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42 friends
24 books
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191 friends
990 books
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58 friends
1,404 books
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37 friends
394 books
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40 friends
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