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That’s an impossible thing for sons to grasp, and a source of shame for fathers to have to admit: that we don’t want our children to pursue their own dreams or walk in our footsteps. We want to walk in their footsteps while they pursue our
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“You're incredibly, absolutely, extremely, supremely, unbelievably different.”
― Beautiful Creatures
― Beautiful Creatures
“It was pretty cool to have someone around here who didn't like the same things as everybody else.”
― Better Off Friends
― Better Off Friends
“What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
“When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
Tales of the Achieves
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Welcome to the "Tales of the Achieves" Goodreads club! 📚✨ This is a fan club created by Armani Wright and Solomon King. If you a book enthusiast seeki ...more
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