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The way to defeat a chess master was not with greater genius, but by forcing her to play a different game.
“If you truly don’t know what you are or why you’re here, I suggest you figure it out quickly before someone else decides for you.”
― Synodic
― Synodic
“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance, and kindness. “To know all is to forgive all.”
― How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders
― How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders
“You’d be surprised how quickly the mind goes soggy in the absence of other people. One person alone is not a full person: we exist in relation to others. I was one person: I risked becoming no person.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
“You can’t let your heart or your habits control you. Not when you’re who you are, and wield the power you do. Think about reacting emotionally in a battle situation. Think about even reacting reflexively, instead of tactically.: He did, and shuddered.”
― Magic's Promise
― Magic's Promise
“Freedom is a pair of trousers and a buttoned coat. A man’s tunic and a tricorne hat. If only she had known. The darkness claimed he’d given her freedom, but really, there is no such thing for a woman, not in a world where they are bound up inside their clothes, and sealed inside their homes, a world where only men are given leave to roam.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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