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“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you're going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“only he who already understands can listen”
― Being and Time
― Being and Time
“Beauty is a nonviolent experience of near death, a warning that one is fragile, like everything else in the universe.”
― Realist Magic
― Realist Magic
“Sometimes being real means allowing pain or accepting a painful truth. Yet something in us aligns with an inner ground of authenticity when we are real. We love it because of its inherent rightness in our soul, the sense of “Aha, here I am and there is nothing to do but be.”
― The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence
― The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence
“Your environment wasn't supportive, wasn't loving, did not respond to you ... The fundamental thing that happened, and the greatest calamity, is not that there was no love or support. The greater calamity, which is caused by the first calamity is that you lost the connection to your essence. That is much more important than whether your mother or father loved you or not.”
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Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laura’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
106 books
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22 friends
61 books
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24 friends
208 books
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23 friends
168 books
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21 friends
72 books
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19 friends
1 book
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55 friends
83 books
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1 friend
245 books
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47 friends
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Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, History, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Self help, Spirituality, and Travel
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