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“No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side.
Or you don't.”
― The Stand
Or you don't.”
― The Stand

“The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.”
― The Stand
― The Stand

“And in the words of Nassim Taleb, “Curiosity is antifragile, like an addiction; magnified by attempts to satisfy it.”
― The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated
― The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated

“Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.”
― Genghis: Birth of an Empire
― Genghis: Birth of an Empire

“Temujin snorted. "Never lose faith in me, little brother. My word is iron and I will always come home.”
― Genghis: Birth of an Empire
― Genghis: Birth of an Empire

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