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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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Connection is why we’re here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.
“I needed a book in case of emergencies."
"You mean like being attacked by foul-mouthed highwaymen?"
"No, I mean those moments when nothing important is happening, such as during travel. After supper. Before sleeping. Or whilst one's opponent reloads their gun.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
"You mean like being attacked by foul-mouthed highwaymen?"
"No, I mean those moments when nothing important is happening, such as during travel. After supper. Before sleeping. Or whilst one's opponent reloads their gun.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“What would you do with your education?”
“Improve whatever part of world I could touch upon.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“Improve whatever part of world I could touch upon.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“I love a horizon. . .That feeling of longing, of mystery and distant magic, pulls always on my soul. I suppose that's where my mother must be. Roaming through the afterlight, stealing heaven. . .”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“And she felt the same certainty she had all along. That despite calling himself an assassin, he wanted to make the world better. A little brighter, a little more amusing, if he could.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“We were experiencing technical difficulties,” she said, daring him to argue.
“Is that what they’re calling it these days?”
“I do not know, Captain O’Riley, but if you do not get out of my way, they will be calling it murder. Plain and simple.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“Is that what they’re calling it these days?”
“I do not know, Captain O’Riley, but if you do not get out of my way, they will be calling it murder. Plain and simple.”
― The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
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