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Travels with Charley: In Search of America

by John Steinbeck

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“Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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“Always place your becoming above your current being.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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“When worries associated with the crisis arises at other times. Remind yourself that you will think them through, during the scheduled period”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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“We are as the gods made us. Strong and weak, good and bad, cruel and kind, heroic and selfish. Know that if you would rule over the kingdom of men.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

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“People do not thrive under tyrants, Alizayd; they do not come up with innovations when they're busy trying to stay alive, or offer creative ideas when error is punished by the hooves of a karkadann.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper

tags: djinn, tyranny

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