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Shekar Mahalingam, an entrepreneur studying psychology, writes in his essay “The Joy of Writing,” how penning a letter “seemed a drudgery done with a lifeless ballpoint pen” or, even more to the point, “bereft of joy.” How he longed “for
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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
― Mrs. Goose, Her Book
The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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