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Jake’s favorite books

The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Diamond Sutra by Anonymous On Writing by Stephen King Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz The War of Art by Steven Pressfield The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket The End by Lemony Snicket
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Hurricane Season
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A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
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9. Lastly, you are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive.
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Simone Weil
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
― Simone Weil
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