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The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

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Ho Tactics: How to MindF**k A Man into Spending, Spoiling, and Sponsoring

by G.L. Lambert

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The Art of Seduction

by Robert Greene (Goodreads Author)

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“I became good at pretending. I became so good that after a while the lines blurred between my truth and fiction. And sometimes, when I did a really good job of pretending, I even fooled myself.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

tags: fools, lies, pretending, pretense, truth

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“I think she was mistaken when she said I was torturing myself. I think that she interpreted me fragmentarily, which is worse than not to interpret at all.”
― Leonora Carrington, Down Below

tags: fragmentation, judging-others

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“I suppose everything in existence takes its colour from the average hue of our surroundings.”
― H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau

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“You cannot imagine the strange colour-less delight of these intellectual desires.”
― H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau

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“To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls.”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

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