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“Your job is obviously very pressured."

"I thrive under pressure," I explain. Which is true. I've known that about myself ever since...

Well. Ever since my mother told me when I was about 8.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Undomestic Goddess

tags: humor, stress

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“Every mother must leave her children to work, and every mother suffers, but we do it.”
― Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: truth

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“But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

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“First frost meant letting go, so it was always reason to celebrate.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

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Sacramento Public Library — 728 members — last activity May 25, 2018 09:55AM
A virtual space for the Sacramento Public Library community to discover and talk about books.

Reviewers United — 576 members — last activity Feb 27, 2023 05:07PM
This group is for those who would like to connect to their goodreads friends on Facebook, Twitter, and their personal blogs. Hopefully, the added foll ...more

Sacramento readers — 257 members — last activity Oct 25, 2025 11:17AM
Feel free to invite any other Sactarians or to add any Sac-relevant books to the group bookshelf. Please don't add any books unless they are related t ...more

FSC Book Club — 272 members — last activity Nov 12, 2018 04:49AM
We read, we cook, we chat. This is the FSC Book Club. Homebase: www.fromscratchclub.com

ONTD Book Club — 1146 members — last activity Nov 16, 2017 08:34AM
The official book club for the book-loving fans of the LJ community Oh No They Didn't. Share suggestions for books, talk about books, tell your fellow ...more

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