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“The important thing is not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.” You want to be Y or someone else because you are utterly focused on what you were born with. Instead, you’ve got to focus on what you can make of
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“She wants to see you.” It’s like the mafia, thought Fat Charlie. A postmenopausal mafia. “She’s going to make me an offer I can’t refuse?”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
“Cinderella is taught to wait in the kitchen for a guy with the right shoe! Snow White is given the message that if she waits long enough, her prince will come. On a literal level, that story tells women that their destiny depends on waiting for a necrophile (someone who likes to kiss dead people) to stumble through the woods at the right time. Not a pretty picture!”
― Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child
― Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child
“There were geological ages that were probably younger than Mrs. Dunwiddy.”
― Anansi Boys
― Anansi Boys
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. —Siddhartha Gautama Buddha”
― Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness
― Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness
“Children are the best thing in a parent’s life, Gilbert told one audience at a gathering of the Association for Psychological Science in 2007, “but only because they tend to get rid of every source of joy we had before they came along.”
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Rosca’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rosca’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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147 friends
641 books
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184 friends
326 books
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400 friends
748 books
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139 books
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925 books
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0 books
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1 friend
104 books
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29 friends
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