Kavya Balaji

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Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You

by Bill Burnett

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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

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Suzanne Collins

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: falling-apart, giving-in

Suzanne Collins

“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

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Federico García Lorca

“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
― Federico García Lorca, Blood Wedding and Yerma

tags: desire, punishment, unrequited-love

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John Cheever

“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”
― John Cheever

tags: readers-and-writers

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Suzanne Collins

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: katniss, love, peeta, suzanne-collins, the-hunger-games

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Biography, Business, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Self help, Young-adult, and dystopian

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