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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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Ashirley’s 2025 Year in Books
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