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Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)

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Yesteryear

by Caro Claire Burke

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“Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.”
― John Mark Green

tags: drowning, dysfunctional-relationships, poisoned, toxic-people, toxic-relationships

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“You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“The fact is that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

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“Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

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“Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!”
― Mark A. Cooper, Operation Einstein

tags: confidence, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, life, life-philosophy, optimism, power-of-words

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