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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author)

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Scarlet Feather

by Maeve Binchy

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Jan 26, 2011 04:59PM

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

by Stieg Larsson

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: life

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“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
― Zig Ziglar

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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

tags: freedom, self

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“I tasted life.”
― Emily Dickenson

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