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Book cover for Circe
‘What was the fight over?’ ‘Let me see if I can remember the list.’ He ticked his fingers. ‘Vengeance. Lust. Hubris. Greed. Power. What have I forgotten? Ah yes, vanity, and pique.’ ‘Sounds like a usual day among the gods,’ I said.
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John Carreyrou
“We turned to my questions about the Edison. How many blood tests did Theranos perform on the device? That too was a trade secret, they said. I felt like I was watching a live performance of the Theater of the Absurd.”
John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

Madeline Miller
“Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep.”
Madeline Miller, Circe

Arbinger Institute
“We provoke each other to do more of what we say we don’t like about the other!”
The Arbinger Institute, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“And finally, I bless my daughters, who are yet unborn. I pray that, if life tests them—as sooner or later life is bound to do—they’ll be able to stand steadfast and think carefully, using their hearts as well as their heads, understanding when they need to compromise, and knowing when they must not.”
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“Isn't that what truth is? The force of a person's believing seeps into those around him- into the very earth and air and water- until there's nothing else.”
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

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