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Olivia is Currently Reading

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A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet, #2)

by Madeleine L'Engle

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Jun 15, 2026 03:46PM

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Beyond Belief

by Nir Eyal

bookshelves: health-and-wellbeing, level-up, psychology, currently-reading

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May 06, 2026 07:48AM

Olivia’s Quotes

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening

tags: despair, self

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“A person hears only what they understand.”
― Johann wolfgang von Goethe

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