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"There are books that feel like a mental work-out, and I feel like this is going to be one of those, but I need something with an extremely low difficulty setting right now." — May 16, 2026 02:03AM
"There are books that feel like a mental work-out, and I feel like this is going to be one of those, but I need something with an extremely low difficulty setting right now." — May 16, 2026 02:03AM
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"He didn't believe his mother when she said that she saw a leprechaun as a little girl?! Aw.. That made me sad, lol." — Jan 26, 2025 10:09PM
"He didn't believe his mother when she said that she saw a leprechaun as a little girl?! Aw.. That made me sad, lol." — Jan 26, 2025 10:09PM
“I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumble bee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself.”
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“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion.”
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