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The Trouble with Happiness (International Edition) (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Tove Ditlevsen

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Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

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The Nickel Boys

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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday

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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

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“When it comes to death, who do you suppose has it easier? Ones with religion or just taking it straight?”
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

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“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”
― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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“Pateikšanās, lūdzu, priekš manis nekādas! Dzīvo prātīgi un neiemīlējies! Tā būs tā labākā pateicība.”
― Jānis Poruks, Pērļu zvejnieks

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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

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“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

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