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‘Being happy or unhappy – is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness – a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.’
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“Fundamentally, Tianming was not suited to live in society, nor out of it. He lacked the ability to thrive in society, but also the resources to ignore it. All he could do was hang on to the edge, suffering. He had no idea where he was headed in life.”
― Death's End
― Death's End
“Suspicion is an insidious thing; doubts have started creeping in, things that he’d previously been able to ignore.”
― A Stranger in the House
― A Stranger in the House
“There are few blessings without a curse hidden inside, nor curses without a whiff of blessing.”
― A Little Hatred
― A Little Hatred
“Power makes us smarter, more ambitious, more aggressive and more focused. These qualities are sharpened when we win, and they boost our chances of winning in the future. Power changes us in such a way that it opens doors in our brain that help us gain more power. Power, in other words, empowers us to be winners through a positive feedback loop, a virtuous cycle of power-induced brain changes that make us even more of a winner in the future.”
― The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain
― The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain
Alyson’s 2025 Year in Books
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