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Sharon is Currently Reading

Sharon is currently reading

The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation

by Arinna Weisman

bookshelves: currently-reading, buddhism, non-fiction

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read in December 2025

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— Jul 22, 2026 01:40PM

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The Odyssey

by Homer

bookshelves: currently-reading, adventure, classics, poetry

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Wanderlust: A History of Walking

by Rebecca Solnit

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Sharon’s Quotes

“It is a lovely oddity of human nature that a person is more inclined to interrupt two people in conversation than one person alone with a book.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

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“The media -- and not just The Washington Post -- is where democracies conduct their civil wars.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

tags: political

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“I got dressed to begin another day. Over and over, we begin again. (Kitchen, 103)”
― Banana Yoshimoto

tags: being-human

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“Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yuccan Dam, Ousted Nixon, and in part, terminated the monstrosities in Vietnam. but outrage is unwieldy to manufacture and handle.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

tags: political

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“Most of us think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, but we are actually feeling creatures that think.”
― Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

tags: science

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