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“Some of the games that you can't win weren't meant to be played.”
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“Seen rightly, any situation, even a chaos or a trap would come clear and lead of itself to its one proper outcome: for there is in the long run no disharmony, only misunderstanding, no chance or mischance but only the ignorant eye.”
― City of Illusions
― City of Illusions
“Having something, even if in the past, is better than nothing at all.”
― Four Dead Queens
― Four Dead Queens
“creative work is romantic love, based in a different kind of self-sacrifice and voluntary commitment that is expected, on some level, to love you back. Yet work never, ever loves you back.”
― Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
― Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
“We don’t always understand what we don’t understand and we are limited to the degree that we don’t recognize our limitations.”
― The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge
― The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge
Seoul Book Club Hosted by Barry Welsh
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This is a book club for discussing Korea-related books. Everyone is welcome.
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