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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

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The great lesson of that game was, similar to pinball, that one never truly won at Jenga. Eventually, the lesson went, the tower would fall. It could not remain standing because that was the nature of towers and time and human intervention: ...more

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“I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.”
― Augusten Burroughs

tags: bravery, lonliness, opportunity, risk, social-anxiety

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“No one is going to tell you all the things you want to hear all the time. You have to know them yourself.”
― Busy Philipps, This Will Only Hurt a Little

tags: inspirational, life, self-love

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world

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