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contemplating whether or not to read a different book …

“The thrilling push and pull of a city filled with so many different people, from so many different places, who minded their own business and didn’t know a thing about my history.”

there is no such thing as “too late” in life

But by throwing yourself into these emotions…You know what pain is. You know what love is. You know what grief is. And only then can you say, “All right…Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.’

Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” -Henry Adams

“‘The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.’”

i honestly don’t think i can finish this book … it’s like good but really bad and uncomfy but not in a good way uncomfy

okay…i think it’s getting crazy…

some parts i’m like woah this is crazy, other parts im like why tf am i reading this still

i’m not sure how i feel about this book ….

In certain seasons, / We may be nourished by / The idea of the carrot / More than the carrot itself.

“She felt covered in failure and she felt sure that people could smell and see it on her. The failure was like a fine coating of ash, after a fire. But it wasn’t only on her skin; it was in her nose, in her mouth, in her lungs, in her molecules becoming part of her.”

“life is long, unless it is not.”

“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.”