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If you meet some standard of objective attractiveness, people think you’re better than you actually are—smarter, more interesting, worthier of existing. Combined with the right personality, this can be powerful.
“As any magician knows, it is not the smoke and mirrors that trick people; it is that the human mind makes assumptions and misunderstands them as truths.”
― Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me
― Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me
“I let out a breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding.”
― This is the Summer
― This is the Summer
“The walk from downtown Pella to our cabin was just over two miles.”
― This is the Summer
― This is the Summer
Pardon my Books
— 656 members
— last activity Jul 16, 2026 02:44PM
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The Book Club from New Sharon
— 7 members
— last activity Jun 26, 2019 04:25PM
A book club for our friends near our hometown.
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