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The Language of Emotions by Karla McLaren

The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen by Tennessee Williams

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

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The Dinner Party and Other Stories

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ZI said: " A lot of fiction that I gravitate towards has the quality of being emotionally unresolved - characters exist and we get a glimpse into the monotony of their day to day lives, occasionally witnessing their ennui take a turn for the better (or worse). ...more "

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You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories

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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

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ZI’s Quotes

“Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: love, spirituality, transcendence

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“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

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“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!" It seems to me that there is nothing which would stimulate a man's sense of responsibleness more than this maxim, which invites him to imagine first that the present is past and, second, that the past may yet be changed and amended.”
― Viktor Frankl

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“The character for ‘mob’ is formed from the character for ‘nobility’ on one side and the character for ‘sheep’ on the other. So that’s what a mob is, a herd of sheep that turns into a pack of wolves because they believe themselves to be serving a noble cause.”
― Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

tags: the-literomancer

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“The animals will stop moving when I stop breathing. But if I write to you with all my heart, I’ll leave a little of myself behind on this paper, in these words. Then, if you think of me on Qingming, when the spirits of the departed are allowed to visit their families, you’ll make the parts of myself I leave behind come alive too. The creatures I made for you will again leap and run and pounce, and maybe you’ll get to see these words then.”
― Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

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