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A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author)

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in October 2024

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"I aborted this one, about 50 pages in. Just not for me/" — Sep 01, 2019 05:54AM

Jul 03, 2018 05:56AM · see review

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Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

by Pema Chödrön

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"Finished. A book I highlighted throughout, a good sign. I'll go back to this book a lot for reminders on how to live with compassion. "Breath out, space, cool, gentle."" — Sep 29, 2010 07:58AM

Jul 24, 2010 09:24AM

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Too Much Happiness: Stories

by Alice Munro

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(page 192 of 304)
— Jul 24, 2010 09:18AM

Jul 24, 2010 09:18AM

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Deb’s Quotes

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place”
― Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

tags: inspirational

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“To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

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“One must bear what cannot be escaped," she told Alma, as she rubbed clean her face. "You will not die of your grief - no more than the rest of us ever have.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

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“Badassery: 1. (noun) the practice of knowing one’s own accomplishments and gifts, accepting one’s own accomplishments and gifts and celebrating one’s own accomplishments and gifts; 2. (noun) the practice of living life with swagger : SWAGGER (noun or verb) a state of being that involves loving oneself, waking up “like this” and not giving a crap what anyone else thinks about you. Term first coined by William Shakespeare.”
― Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

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