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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

by Cal Newport

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“So you must match time’s swiftness with your speed in using it, and you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

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“The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.”
― Donna Quesada, Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers

tags: education, inspiration, teachers, teaching, wisdom-quote, zen

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“Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.”
― Donna Quesada, Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers

tags: buddhism, consciousness-raising, spirituality, yoga, zen

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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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“The trouble with England, he thinks, is that it's so poor in gesture. We shall have to develop a hand signal for ‘Back off, our prince is fucking this man's daughter.’ He is surprised that the Italians have not done it. Though perhaps they have, and he just never caught on.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

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