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“The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. They may bubble up from the unconscious - from behind a locked door inside of our brain - but just because something is outside of awareness doesn't mean it's outside of control.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.”
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
― Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Elisa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elisa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Business, Children's, Crime, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, and Young-adult
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