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Book cover for Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)

Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) by Jeff Vandermeer

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There are certain kinds of deaths that one should not be expected to relive, certain kinds of connections so deep that when they are broken you feel the snap of the link inside you.

“A reader lives many lives,” James Harris said. “The person who doesn’t read lives but one. But if you’re happy just doing what you’re told and reading what other people think you should read, then don’t let me stop you. I just find it sad.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

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“I do have a super strength and it involves overthinking everything to death.”
― Tessa Bailey, My Killer Vacation

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“To understand the artist, you must look at the artwork…to understand the criminal, you must look at and study the crime itself.”
― John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

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“Talking to your best friend about the worst thing that ever happened to you in excruciating. Talking to a stranger who doesn't have any kind of vested interest...sometimes it doesn't hurt so much.”
― Tracy Wolff, Crave

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“I believe fully that if you want to do something, you just go do it. You can sit around, think about it, waiting until things are perfect, wringing your hands, dithering and hesitating and slowly twisting your panties into a perfect little fisherman’s knot. Or you can get up off your lazy fucking ass and do something. What’s the worst that can happen?”
― Aisha Tyler, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation

tags: act, ambition, determination, gumption, hesitation, motivation, risk-taking

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