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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

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Book cover for White Nights and Other Stories: The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X

White Nights and Other Stories: The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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And again one asks oneself what has one done with one's years. Where have you buried your best days? Have you lived or not?

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

by J.K. Rowling

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Vinisha Olivia’s Quotes

“Make no mistake. This is a planet of microbes. We are here at their pleasure. They don’t need us at all. We’d be dead in a day without them.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

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“That is unquestionably the most astounding thing about us—that we are just a collection of inert components, the same stuff you would find in a pile of dirt. I’ve said it before in another book, but I believe it’s worth repeating: the only thing special about the elements that make you is that they make you. That is the miracle of life.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

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“Well, sitting prettily certainly doesn't seem to make a difference at all. If it did, why do we still turn into property the day a man puts his ring on our finger? I say let us try making noise for a change.”
― Evie Dunmore, Bringing Down the Duke

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“You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

tags: comfort, hardship, life, soft, success

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“It’s about how we can empower ourselves to bring true meaning to our lives and the lives of others in ways most people would consider impossible. It’s about rising above a life of, as Thoreau said, “quiet desperation” that ends with our songs still in our hearts, and experience the rapture of truly living. It’s about saying yes to our adventures.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

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