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The Memory Police

by Yōko Ogawa

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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

by Ellen Oh (Goodreads Author)

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The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

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“It’s for survival. You need to be prepared for novel experiences because often they signal danger. If you live in a jungle full of fragrant flowers, you have to stop being so overwhelmed by the lovely smell because otherwise you couldn’t smell a predator. That’s why your brain is considered a discounting mechanism. It’s literally a matter of survival.” “That’s cool.”
― Maria Semple, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

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“Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
― Pearl S. Buck

tags: contentment

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“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love

tags: power-of-words

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“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
― Alex Haley

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