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It is not one's circumstances that determine contentment it is one's reaction to circumstances. One's temperament, or how one has trained the brain to deal with difficulties.
“Kindness may look for something in return, but that doesn’t make it any less kind.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be?
A: You already are an animal.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
A: You already are an animal.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand.”
― Educated
― Educated
“The garden is an unhappy place for the perfectionist. Too much stands beyond our control here, and the only thing we can absolutely count on is eventual catastrophe.”
― Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
― Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
“The first thing I learned about having money was that it gives you choices. People don’t want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money.”
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Blaiseboles’s 2025 Year in Books
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