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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

by Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 05, 2026 04:30PM

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

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“The exercise of deciding where to go next is difficult. Because next most likely means a new forever.”
― Georgia Hunter, We Were the Lucky Ones

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

[Commencement Address at American University, June 10 1963]”
― John F. Kennedy

tags: american-university, awesome, diversity, future, jfk, mortality, peace, planet, tolerance

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