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else. As soon as I heard her voice, I felt that familiar, creeping dread. I’d been so looking forward to sharing my news, dropping it at her feet like a dog retrieving a game bird peppered with shot. Now I couldn’t shake the thought that
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“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
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“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
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“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.”
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“Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end but a unique event in itself....To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountains which sustain life, not the top.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
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Jake’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
542 books
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80 friends
1,239 books
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71 friends
307 books
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110 friends
404 books
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141 friends
316 books
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29 friends
111 books
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54 friends
263 books
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143 friends
414 books
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116 friends
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Art, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Manga, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, and Spirituality
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