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“I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised as a human being. You're going to trip over that for a good part of your life.”
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“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
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“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I'm not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more...”
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“If there's anything I'm proud of in my work--it's not that I draw better; there's so many better graphic artists than me--or that I write better, no. It's--and I'm not saying I know the truth, because what the hell is that? But what I got from Ruth and Dave, a kind of fierce honesty, to not let the kid down, to not let the kid get punished, to not suffer the child to be dealt with in a boring, simpering, crushing-of-the-spirit kind of way.”
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Elisabeth’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Elisabeth’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
306 books
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44 friends
356 books
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25 friends
162 books
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45 friends
891 books
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102 friends
808 books
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95 friends
578 books
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105 friends
42 books
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60 friends
1,150 books
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47 friends
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