Tanya

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Book cover for How to Be Human: The Manual

How to Be Human: The Manual by Ruby Wax

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‘The brain is Velcro for negative experiences and Teflon for positive ones.’

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“Every time I led him to the right place at the right time, I first quietly eliminated all the places and times that were wrong. Luck is only someone else’s labour.”
― Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors

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“Place becomes psyche, story becomes history.”
― Ian McDonald, Hopeland

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“We came from the ocean, and we only survive by carrying salt water with us all our lives—in our blood, in our cells. The sea is our true home. This is why we find the shore so calming: we stand where the waves break, like exiles returning home. —Dr. Ha Nguyen, How Oceans Think”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

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“Small bookstores have the romance of doomed intimate spaces about to be erased by unfettered capitalism. A lot of people fall in love here.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Sentence

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“Remember, son,” Mother-of-Glory says, compensating with pomposity for her deficits of piety or affection. “The only way to change the world is through intentional, directed violence.”
― Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors

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Trysts and Testosterone — 53 members — last activity Feb 11, 2019 12:29AM
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The #1 resource on the Internet for M/M Romance fans, this group has something for everyone. * Book and Series Discussions * Daily Updates on New R ...more

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