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“what we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore—plays in defining the quality of our life.”
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
― Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
“Unselfishness is the key to success in higher life”
― Living Hinduism: Scriptures Philosophy Practices
― Living Hinduism: Scriptures Philosophy Practices
“I can’t believe that you, a grown woman taller than me and beautiful enough to make my heart ache, will be the same girl I used to lift off the ground so you could reach the drinking fountain, the same girl who used to trundle out of my bedroom draped in a dress and hat and four scarves from my closet.”
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“Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along that I expect.”
― Stories of Your Life and Others
― Stories of Your Life and Others
“What's the point of wandering?
to find a better place?
a home?
But the loneliness will always capture me
in its claws
of no tomorrow”
― Train to the Edge of the Moon
to find a better place?
a home?
But the loneliness will always capture me
in its claws
of no tomorrow”
― Train to the Edge of the Moon
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