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“... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.”
― Resilience: The New Afterword
― Resilience: The New Afterword
“Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently.”
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“Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.”
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“Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.”
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“We know we are very special,” Davis writes in “Special”: “Yet we keep trying to find out in what way: not this way, not that way, then what way?” (from James Wood's review of the FSG "Collected Stories of Lydia Davis")”
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Shawn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
578 books
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26 friends
277 books
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41 friends
2,057 books
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70 friends
63 books
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12 friends
347 books
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78 friends
0 books
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4 friends
31 books
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31 friends
6 books
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118 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Self help, Suspense, and Spirituality
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