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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)

by Caleb Carr

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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

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The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

tags: eat-pray-love, elizabeth-gilbert, inspiration

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“Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.”
― Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada

tags: movie

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“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

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“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior [to men] and always have been.”
― William Golding, Lord of the Flies

tags: empowerment, equality, gender, men, superiority, women

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“I’m no dynamic career woman. I don’t network or do lunch – I work because I have to. My job does not define me, but I try to do it well.”
― Tracy Engelbrecht, The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

tags: career, single-mom, woman

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