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Deval Patel
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Sadness can be wept away. But the impatience of delight—it is not so easy to get rid of that.
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“We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.”
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“Memories are like wolves. You can’t lock them away and hope they leave you alone.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
― The Little Paris Bookshop
“THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN A BOY WHO HATES YOU A boy who loves you.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“This is the man who left the message,” said Campbell. “He sells questions.” “Actually, I’ve moved on from questions,” said the salesman. “People simply aren’t inquisitive enough these days.” He shook his head sadly. “I’m now in the business of selling after-life insurance.”
― Death or Ice Cream?
― Death or Ice Cream?
“But if unrestricted freedom can impede the individual’s pursuit of what he or she values most, then it may be that some restrictions make everyone better off. And if “constraint” sometimes affords a kind of liberation while “freedom” affords a kind of enslavement, then people would be wise to seek out some measure of appropriate constraint.”
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
― The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
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Deval’s 2025 Year in Books
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