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Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)

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Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years

by Paul B. Carroll (Goodreads Author)

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Dune (Dune, #1)

by Frank Herbert

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Marcus’s Quotes

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“Reader, I married him.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

tags: breakup, commit, deserve, goodbye, happiness, inspirational, life, love, motivational, relationship, respect

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“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.”
― Lady Gaga

tags: boyfriend, fame, grammy, humor, lady-gaga, music, relationship

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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust

tags: discovery, travel

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