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Now that I live in my little house, I work part-time and pay eight dollars a month for utilities. There’s no mortgage, no Saturday morning with a vacuum, mop, or dust cloth. I have free time to notice the weather, so if my neighbor asks me
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“Safe as houses" is something closer to "the house always wins." Instead of a shared structure providing shelter, it means that the person in charge is secure; everyone else should be afraid.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“-- and since I was bound to screw them up, my only hope was to screw them up in a sufficiently dramatic way, a way that led to a best-selling memoir, so they could make big bucks in the psychological freak show circuit.”
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― Husband and Wife
“Some people define themselves by railing against all of the things they hate, while explaining why everyone else should hate it too. But not me. I prefer to lead with my love--to define myself through joyous yawps of admiration, instead of cynical declarations of disdain.”
― Ready Player Two
― Ready Player Two
“Sometimes all you can really do is keep moving and hope you end up somewhere that makes sense.”
― Solutions and Other Problems
― Solutions and Other Problems
“7 Laws of Self Awareness
1. You are what you think.
2. You are what you desire.
3. You are what you seek.
4. You are what you believe.
5. You are what you value.
6. You are what you do.
7. You are what you master.”
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1. You are what you think.
2. You are what you desire.
3. You are what you seek.
4. You are what you believe.
5. You are what you value.
6. You are what you do.
7. You are what you master.”
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Welcome to the Kindle Book Club Forum. You don’t need a Kindle to join us, nor do you need a degree in literary criticism! All you need is love for bo ...more
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Welcome! This is a book club started out as a club local to the Ohio Valley area, but everyone is welcomed to join. We take turns picking a book and ...more
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