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Hell Difficulty Tutorial: Book Five (Hell Difficulty Tutorial, #5)

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Hell Difficulty Tutorial: Book Three (Hell Difficulty Tutorial, #3)

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Gavin’s Quotes

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

tags: freedom, truth

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“Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

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“Call it not patience, Gaunt; it is despair:”
― William Shakespeare, Richard II

tags: depression, despair, inaction, inertia

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“If non-linear leaps in intelligence and ability are possible, why haven't these effects been observed in our schools? I believe the answer lies in the profound inertia of human thought: when an entire society believes something is impossible, it suppresses, by its very way of life, the evidence that would contradict that belief.”
― John Mighton

tags: belief, inertia, science, society

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“You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything results in...it's actually kind of tragic because you sacrifice how gorgeous and perfect it is in your head for what it really is. And there were a couple of years where I really struggled with that.”
― David Foster Wallace