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by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author)

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Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose

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“There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees

tags: depression, sadness

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“Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?”
― Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness

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“My job is to scream cockle-doodle-doo. Don't blame me if the sun doesn't rise.”
― Janet Skeslien Charles, Moonlight in Odessa

tags: humor, job, work

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“There's a kind of holiness to love, requited or not, and those people who don't receive it with gratitude are arrogant beyond saving.”
― Marisa de los Santos, Love Walked In

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“Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better word.”
― Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans

tags: children, conversing

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