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Lisa is Currently Reading

Lisa W is currently reading

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande

bookshelves: currently-reading, thanatology

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— Apr 22, 2026 10:31PM

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The Self-Acceptance Summit: Volume 1: How to Overcome Self-Judgment and Live a Life of Bravery, Compassion, and Authenticity

by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)

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The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women: 50 Trailblazers of Comedy

by Sheila Moeschen (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, biography, comedians

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“By being open to suggestion, by letting go of my will in favour of the will of others, I begin to change. You can't think your way into acting differently, but you can act your way into thinking differently.”
― Russell Brand, Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped

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“This spiritual life, in the end it is not a choice, it’s what’s left when you run out of choices.”
― Russell Brand, Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped

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“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

tags: life, love, poetry

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“It felt like the world had divided into two different types of people, those who had felt pain and those who had yet to.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

tags: grief-and-loss

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