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“Ich kann es nicht ausstehen, wenn man mir sagt, was ich zu empfinden habe; dann komme ich mir, obschon ich sehe, wovon die Rede ist, wie ein Blinder vor.”
― Homo Faber
― Homo Faber
“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“One of the best habits a learner can instill in herself is regular self-quizzing to recalibrate her understanding of what she does and does not know.”
― Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
― Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
“Life is like a foot race, Marcus: There will always be people who are faster than you, and there will always be those who are slower than you. What matters, in the end, is how you ran your race.”
― The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
― The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
“With all due respect, what you read is more important in the long term than the man you marry, ma chère Madame.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
― The Little Paris Bookshop
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