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“What’s going on?” she immediately asked, a lovely fake smile on her face. “I’m unclear as to whether I’m being laughed at or laughed with,” Irene told her friend. “Laughed with, doc,” he finally managed. “I promise. You just never fail to
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.”
― The Thirteenth Tale
― The Thirteenth Tale
“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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