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Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

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Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

by Giorgio Bassani

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“We are all born happy. Life gets us dirty along the way, but we can clean it up. Happiness is not exuberant or noisy, like pleasure or joy; it’s silent, tranquil, and gentle; it’s a feeling of satisfaction inside that begins with self-love. You need to love yourself as I do, as all those who know you do, especially Alma’s grandson.”
― Isabel Allende, The Japanese Lover

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“From the moment of birth, every human being wants to discover happiness and avoid suffering. No differences in our culture or our education or our religion affect this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire joy and contentment. But so often these feelings are fleeting and hard to find, like a butterfly that lands on us and then flutters away. “The”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

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“What a beautiful day to go to hell”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

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“What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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“Perhaps more sobering, it has also hardwired us to cooperate with and be kind to those who look like our caregivers, who presumably kept us safe. We are more wary of others who look different: these are the unconscious roots of prejudice. Our empathy does not seem to extend to those who are outside our “group,” which is perhaps why the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama are constantly reminding us that we are, in fact, one group—humanity.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

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