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Josh is Currently Reading

Josh is currently reading

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy

by Christopher L. Hayes

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Aug 21, 2012 06:34PM

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This Is How You Lose Her

by Junot Díaz

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Josh’s Quotes

“Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can't exist without one.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

tags: failure, success

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“- Nothing else has any efficacy, I might as well be myself.
- But your yourself sucks!
- It is, lamentably, all I have.”
― Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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“We were on our way to the twentieth floor, sharing the elevator with two suits that had men inside them.”
― Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole

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“I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential.”
― Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole

tags: self-awareness, self-discovery

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“Sometimes not talking is effortless, and other times it’s more exhausting than lifting pianos.”
― Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole

tags: relationships

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Science... sort of — 24 members — last activity Jun 21, 2011 05:03PM
A way for the Paleopals and the Paleoposse to talk about what they're reading that excites them and is worth sharing. ...more