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"The prose is full of striking imagery and beauty which is not typical of a non fiction book. He is describing the art of aviation and the human experience linked to it with great detail." — Mar 08, 2025 10:32PM

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The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

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Being nice is a good thing. You can be strong and nice. You don’t have to be one or the other.

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Mystic’s Quotes

“I don't care. I don't mind working hard when there's hope. It was having no more hope that was too much for me.”
― John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes

tags: inspirational-attitude

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“When you are young how can you hasten age? What is there to do with youth when you are youth and therefore impatient with waiting? Yet I can only wait and find such comfort as I can in the moon.”
― Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is the Hunter

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“It takes a while to discover that this life is somewhat short of paradise. For there is, as in all pursuits of mankind, no true ideal or even near perfection.”
― Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is the Hunter

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“Is there a satisfaction in the effort of remembering that provides its own nourishment, and is what one recollects less important than the act of remembering? That is another question that will remain unanswered: I feel as though I am made of nothing else.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

tags: memory, past, remembrance

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