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If that person is missing, if the child must risk losing the mother’s love or the love of her substitute in order to feel, then she will repress her emotions. She cannot even experience them secretly, “just for herself”; she will fail to
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“There was a giant bath sheet, a hand towel, a washcloth, and another one that Claire described as a “demi-towel”—it was for anything truly dirty, like a toothpastey mouth or hair with conditioner in it. “The demi-towel preserves the other towels for your face and body,” she said, placing it beside the sink. “Did you make up ‘demi-towel’?” I whispered.”
― All Fours
― All Fours
“The most important thing to remember is that childhood is over. You made it. All of it. You survived birth, infancy, toddlerhood, childhood, and adolescence—for this alone you deserve a parade.”
― The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward
― The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward
“We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.”
― How Should a Person Be?
― How Should a Person Be?
“Rule 1. Take Inventory Rule 2. Look for Easy Moves Rule 3. Make a List of Three Choices Rule 4. Know Which Pieces You Can and Cannot Move Rule 5. Do One Thing Rule 6. Listen to Feedback Rule 7. Celebrate”
― The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward
― The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward
“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left.
ALGERNON: We have.
JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about?
ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course.
JACK: What fools.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
ALGERNON: We have.
JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about?
ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course.
JACK: What fools.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
Toffer’s 2024 Year in Books
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90 books
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374 books
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343 books
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132 books
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