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“All adults have days when we feel completely drained. When we no longer know quite what we spend so much time fighting for, when reality and everyday worries overwhelm us and we wonder how much longer we’re going to be able to carry on. The wonderful thing is that we can all live through far more days like that without breaking than we think. The terrible thing is that we never know exactly how many.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“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
“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
“Když žena ví vše, pak pravidelně čekají nějakého muže maléry.”
― The Girl on the Boat
― The Girl on the Boat
“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
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