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The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)

by Elena Ferrante

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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be ...more

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“•Good reasoning aims to convince, but it also lets itself be convinced. Simply put, it is the search for truth. •Bad reasoning has no interest in the truth; it is simply about wanting to be right.”
― Mikael Krogerus, The Communication Book: 44 Ideas for Better Conversations Every Day

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“It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

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“It was easy to understand why women feared men with their physical strength and lust and social powers, but women, with their canny intuitions, were so much deeper: they could predict what was to come long before it came, dream it overnight, and read your mind.”
― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These

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“Celebrate people who own their responsibilities, take and defend clear positions, argue for their preferred strategies, and seek to move the dial.”
― Frank Slootman, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

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“— Я хотел сказать только, что все мысли, которые имеют огромные последствия, — всегда просты. Вся моя мысль в том, что ежели люди порочные связаны между собой и составляют силу, то людям честным надо сделать только то же самое. Ведь так просто.

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Л. Н. Толстой, "Война и мир", Эпилог, Часть первая”
― Лев Толстой, Война и мир I

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