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“There was something very special, but it wasn't inside Josie. It was inside those who loved her.”
― Klara and the Sun
― Klara and the Sun
“it’s your existence I love you for, mainly. Existence seems to me now the most remarkable thing that could ever be imagined. I’m about to put on imperishability. In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye. The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I’ve thought from time to time it was the best thing in life, that little incandescence you see in people when the charm of a thing strikes them, or the humor of it. “The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart.” That’s a fact.”
― Gilead
― Gilead
“Asked at one point what he had done after the shooting, he replied, “I went home and ate supper.”
― Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
― Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
“Without dignity, identity is erased.”
― Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
― Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
“Denying luck individually is to suggest that we have much greater agency than we really have over outcomes in our lives.” Games give us a chance to confront luck in a manner that allows us to process it in life in a way we’re not always forced to do.”
― The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
― The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
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