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Boredom, negativity bias, and rumination can each prompt us to distraction. But a fourth factor may be the cruelest of all. Hedonic adaptation, the tendency to quickly return to a baseline level of satisfaction, no matter what happens to us
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“But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night - if you dare to let yourself burn.”
― A Torch Against the Night
― A Torch Against the Night
“...I had an acute sense that the walls were closing in on "real" Christians... For the first time in my life, I felt like a persecuted minority.”
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
― Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
“I would not let a man who knew the value of nothing make me doubt the value of myself.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“To all who walk the dark path, and to those who walk in the sunshine but hold out a hand in the darkness to travel beside us: Brighter days are coming. Clearer sight will arrive. And you will arrive too. No, it might not be forever. The bright moments might be for a few days at a time, but hold on for those days. Those days are worth the dark.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
“The scientific research is very clear that experiencing trauma without control can be debilitating. But I also worry about people who cruise through life, friction-free, for a long, long time before encountering their first real failure. They have so little practice falling and getting up again. They have so many reasons to stick with a fixed mindset. I see a lot of invisibly vulnerable high-achievers stumble in young adulthood and struggle to get up again. I call them the “fragile perfects.” Sometimes I meet fragile perfects in my office after a midterm or a final. Very quickly, it becomes clear that these bright and wonderful people know how to succeed but not how to fail.”
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
― Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Key West Library Book Club!
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Reading in the Time of Quarantine
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Tell us what you're reading during this weird time! Do you prefer dystopian novels? Comedies? Is there anything that you would recommend that we read? ...more
Echo’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Echo’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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