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A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems

by Fernando Pessoa

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Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1)

by Peter S. Adamson

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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

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magpie’s Quotes

“Enjoy memories, yes, but don't be a slave to who you wish you once had been.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

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“Even in the most terrible chapters of my life I have always known a certain, savage beauty— in the color of the sky, the sense of birds flying close to my ear, the feel of the soft-loam earth and the joy of running through the untended woods until I became more animal than spirit.”
― Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

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“The world can think you’re all wrong if there’s one person who thinks you’re just right.”
― Jess Kidd, The Night Ship

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“You can’t taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

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“Above all, there was understanding. She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening " and Selected Stories: Microsoft Reader Level 5

tags: emotion, introspection, life

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