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“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers -- of persistence, concentration, and insight -- to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
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“Integrate well. Move upwards in society. Be praised – until people worry that you’re doing too well, and then they remember that you’re foreign." (from "The Good Immigrant" by Nikesh Shukla)”
― The Good Immigrant
― The Good Immigrant
“Nobody's lives just fit together. Fitting together is something you work at. It's something you make happen - because you love each other.”
― Landline
― Landline
“Each of us is a museum that opens for business the moment we’re born, with memory the sole curator. How could a staff of one possibly stay abreast of all those holdings?”
― Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
― Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
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This book club's focus is on reading as diversely as possible. We hope to read books we may not otherwise have read or even heard of! This book club ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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