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“When, in the street, I see a mother walking with her grown-up daughter, I can hardly bear to witness the mother’s pride, the softening of her face, her incredulous joy at being granted her daughter’s company; and the iron discipline she imposes on herself, to muffle and conceal this joy.”
― Everywhere I Look
― Everywhere I Look
“It doesn't matter if you never see someone again, I told myself. There are millions of people in the world, and most of them never see each other in the first place. You hoped to know Ellington Feint forever, but there's no such thing as forever, really. Everything is much shorter than that.”
― Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
― Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?
“My favorite strategy is to feign inferiority and encourage my enemy’s arrogance.”
― Luckiest Girl Alive
― Luckiest Girl Alive
“Pride is a by-product of insecurity. And the more insecure a person is, the more monuments they need to build.
There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the line, your relationship with God is self-serving.
You aren't serving God. You are using God.
You aren't building altars to God. You are building monuments to yourself.”
― All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the line, your relationship with God is self-serving.
You aren't serving God. You are using God.
You aren't building altars to God. You are building monuments to yourself.”
― All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life
“We believe in an aristocracy... Not an aristocracy of power, based on rank or wealth, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate, and the plucky. Our members are found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between us when we meet... We represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. We're an invincible army, but not a victorious one. We've had different names throughout history, but all the words that describe us are false and all attempts to organize us fail. Right now we're called V.F.D., but all our schisms and arguments might cause us to disappear. It won't matter. People like us always slip through the net. Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.”
― Shouldn't You Be in School?
― Shouldn't You Be in School?
Tienyi’s 2025 Year in Books
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