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“The next time you get into a political discussion, stop and ask yourself what amount of evidence would change your mind. If the answer is none, then realize you’re actually in a religious discussion, one more zealot arguing with another.”
― Looking Glass
― Looking Glass
“Every human is born with a birthright. That birthright is happiness. Our greatest challenge to achieving happiness is not the obstacles we encounter in our life. The true barrier to happiness lies inside of us—and it’s the one thing we can’t ever escape: our own mind.”
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“None on earth can love those who declare that they alone are the sons of God.”
― Peony: A Novel of China
― Peony: A Novel of China
“don’t think we’re supposed to be happy. I mean the big us, humans. I think we’re supposed to struggle. I think that’s because there’s something more important to our psyche than hedonistic happiness.”
― The Price of Time
― The Price of Time
“Satisfaction. The satisfaction that comes from achievement. From having worked and produced and accomplished. Adults need it the way babies need milk. And like milk, satisfaction has a shelf life. People can feed off past accomplishments for a couple of weeks, but their mood starts to sour after that. “I have developed the theory that adults wean themselves off the need to achieve as they move beyond middle age. By the time they’re seniors, they can sustain a positive attitude off the energy of past accomplishments. But as Immortals, we’re stuck with the achievement appetite of youth.”
― The Price of Time
― The Price of Time
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Veronica’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Veronica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
190 books
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8 friends
83 books
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142 books
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78 books
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219 books
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179 friends
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106 friends
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116 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Cooking, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, and Thriller
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