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Atul Gawande
“how we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have.”
Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Kristin Hannah
“wasn’t the fear that mattered in life. It was the choices made when you were afraid. You were brave because of your fear, not in spite of it.”
Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

Matthew McConaughey
“Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time.”
Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

Yaa Gyasi
“When the answer to this question is “Because God deemed it so,” we might feel comforted. But what if the answer to this question is “I don’t know,” or worse still, “Nothing”?”
Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom

Tara Westover
“The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand.”
Tara Westover, Educated

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