“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”
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“One key to happiness, then, is to forestall the adaptation process: We need to take steps to prevent ourselves from taking for granted, once we get them, the things we worked so hard to get.”
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
“pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
― A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
“Children are a kind of cartography, and all one has to do is obey the map they present to you on the day they are born.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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