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“She had denied herself the pleasure of openly sharing life with the person she loved.”
― Unaccustomed Earth
― Unaccustomed Earth
“But no turbulent emotions passed through me as he spoke, only a diluted version of the nauseating sensation that had taken hold the day in Bombay that I learned my mother was dying, a sensation that had dropped anchor in me and never fully left.”
― Unaccustomed Earth
― Unaccustomed Earth
“So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have earned? Yes. When this happens, I say, “Whoops. I guess that was too easy. I apologize for wasting your time. Let’s do something you can really learn from!”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“human being could be alive for years and years, thinking and breathing and eating, full of a million worries and feelings and thoughts, taking up space in the world, and then, in an instant, become absent, invisible.”
― Unaccustomed Earth
― Unaccustomed Earth
“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.”
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Noor’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Noor’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
264 books
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15 friends
218 books
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13 friends
143 books
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122 friends
516 books
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211 friends
38 books
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119 friends
254 books
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12 friends
243 books
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61 friends
135 books
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8 friends
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