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Emotions are not reactions to the world. You are not a passive receiver of sensory input but an active constructor of your emotions.
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
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“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“She is young enough to carry fear with her without letting it into her heart. Without being scared. She wears her fear lightly, like a veil, aware that there are dangers but letting the crackling awareness hover around her. It does not sink in, it buzzes in excitement like a swarm of invisible bees.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
Gem’s 2024 Year in Books
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