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"I’m so glad I picked this up again. I’m already quite fond of Mildred." — Apr 12, 2026 09:30PM
"I’m so glad I picked this up again. I’m already quite fond of Mildred." — Apr 12, 2026 09:30PM
“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Dare to be naïve.”
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“Literature is humanity talking to itself.”
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“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
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“The Bergson boys, certainly, would have been happier with their uncle Otto, in the bakery shop in Chicago. Like most of their neighbours, they were meant to follow in paths already marked out for them, not to break trails in a new country. A steady job, a few holidays, nothing to think about, and they would have been very happy. It was no fault of theirs that they had been dragged into the wilderness when they were little boys. A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.”
― O Pioneers!
― O Pioneers!
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