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“we all try to silence painful emotions. but when we succeed in feeling nothing we lose the only means we have of knowing what hurts us and why.”
― The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
― The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
“Arrogance is a very good thing to have when you’re starting, and that means saying to yourselves that you’re going to be the number one group, not the number two group.”
― Freddie Mercury: His Life in His Own Words
― Freddie Mercury: His Life in His Own Words
“You believe someone not because you have no doubts about them. Belief is not the absence of doubt. You believe someone because you don’t have enough doubts about them.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
“We can't become unique by copying someone else's formula any more than we can become successful by striving for someone else's definition of success. And really, what's the point of succeeding by someone else's rules anyway?”
― Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
― Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
“To assume the best about another is the trait that has created modern society. Those occasions when our trusting nature gets violated are tragic. But the alternative—to abandon trust as a defense against predation and deception—is worse.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
Geraldine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Geraldine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
17 books
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12 friends
50 books
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64 friends
96 books
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11 friends
30 books
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38 friends
14 books
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13 friends
1 book
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36 friends
1 book
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68 friends
2 books
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7 friends
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