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“What do you suppose fuels her anger?” said Nikolai. “Hate?” “Of a kind. All fuels burn differently. Some faster, some hotter. Hate is one kind of fuel. But hate that began as devotion? That makes for another kind of flame.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“As I listened to psychologists present their research papers and therapists talk about the grieving process, I left each session more convinced of the importance of dealing with procrastination as a symptom of an existential malaise, a malaise that can only be addressed by our deep commitment to authoring the stories of our lives.
To author our own lives, we have to be an active agent in our lives, not a passive participant making excuses for what we are not doing. When we learn to stop needless, voluntary delay in our lives, we live more fully.
It is time to make a commitment to engaging in your life, achieving your goals, and enjoying the journey. Time is too precious to waste.”
― Timothy A. Pychyl, Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change

“This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation,”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself, just as you did with your training.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars