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Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)

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Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

by Ryan Holiday (Goodreads Author)

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Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

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Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

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Because if you pick up this mantle once, you’ll see what most people’s egos prevent them from appreciating: the person who clears the path ultimately controls its direction, just as the canvas shapes the painting.

Ali’s Quotes

“What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.”
― Margaret Fuller Ossoli

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“Open a Book and Open Your Mind.”
― Chris Grabenstein, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

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“Beauty is not always as perfect as we imagine it to be, but it can be damn close if we learn to accept the scary parts or the ugly parts.”
― Nick Miller, Isn't It Pretty To Think So?

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“Progress is not accomplished in one stage.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.”
― Margaret Fuller

tags: fuller, growth, inspiration, transcendentalism

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