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Ria Cataquian
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humans rarely choose things in absolute terms. We don’t have an internal value meter that tells us how much things are worth. Rather, we focus on the relative advantage of one thing over another, and estimate value accordingly.
“Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love?”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club
“Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”
― The Joy Luck Club
― The Joy Luck Club
“And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over.
-Rose”
― The Joy Luck Club
-Rose”
― The Joy Luck Club
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
“So many books, so little time.”
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