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Kin

by Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author)

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May 04, 2026 08:02AM

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The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 12, 2026 09:20PM

“If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

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“In friendship we are all debtors. We all owe each other for a thousand small kindnesses, for little moments of grace in the chaos.”
― Emery Lord, The Start of Me and You

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“Don’t wait for things to be perfect before you share them with others. Show early and show often. It’ll be pretty when we get there, but it won’t be pretty along the way.”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

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“Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

tags: habits, happiness, life, peace, peace-of-mind, practices

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“No more ashes. No more fires. Only love. And the unbridled urgency to build a world where the edges are imagined as the starting place for black liberation now and always.”
― Darnell L. Moore, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

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