“The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth. We look at the young Bill Gates and marvel that our world allowed that thirteen-year-old to become a fabulously successful entrepreneur. But that’s the wrong lesson. Our world only allowed one thirteen-year-old unlimited access to a time-sharing terminal in 1968. If a million teenagers had been given the same opportunity, how many more Microsofts would we have today? To”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
“met a little gal on the way to school. Her hair was curly and her eyes was brown. She made me feel like a clumsy fool. You know I ain’t never been to”
― Cold River
― Cold River
“the clerk in the ministry to correct this, he pulled out his original typescript. “See for yourself, madam. Quod erat demonstrandum it is Missing,” he said, as if he’d proved Pythagoras’s theorem, the sun’s central position in the solar system, the roundness of the”
― Cutting for Stone
― Cutting for Stone
Thala’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Thala’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Polls voted on by Thala
Lists liked by Thala



























































