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The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2)

by James Islington (Goodreads Author)

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Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) by Brandon Sanderson

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“Yes, yes. Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don’t know.”

Elantris (Elantris, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

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Warbreaker

by Brandon Sanderson

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“Some of the burdens we carry include false weight, perhaps to make up for all the horrible stuff we actually did and forgot.”
― David Carr, The Night of the Gun

tags: addiction-recovery

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“It's not your fate to be well treated," Ignatius cried. "You're an overt masochist. Nice treatment will confuse and destroy you.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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“Consistency is the playground of dull minds.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

tags: anchoring, attachment, belonging, comfort, completion, fulfillment, home, irrevocability, permanence, philosophy, psychology, safety, security, state-of-mind

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