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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Numerous experiments showed that people feel depressed when they fail to live up to their own ideals, but when they fall short of a standard set by others, they feel anxious.”
― How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
― How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
“Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.”
― The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
― The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
“The elevation of grief to a status transcending that which it sorrows.”
― The Passenger Box Set: The Passenger, Stella Maris
― The Passenger Box Set: The Passenger, Stella Maris
“Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.”
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Taylor’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Taylor’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
229 books
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61 friends
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2,131 friends
459 books
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3,869 friends
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1,514 books
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fiction, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, and Self help
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