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“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
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“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.”
― The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
― The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
“But some things you can't outrun, no matter how fast you move your legs.”
― Reconstructing Amelia
― Reconstructing Amelia
“Sometimes its hard to tell how fast the current's moving until you're headed over a waterfall”
― Reconstructing Amelia
― Reconstructing Amelia
“Life and reading are not separate activities, When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
― A Life with Books
― A Life with Books
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