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Book of Fire
1. People-pleasing is the enemy of success.
2. Do what is necessary to get ahead.
3. Lead. Take initiative. Dictate the course of events.
4. Do not linger. Go. Even if it means outgrowing friends.
5. Over-humility weakens decision.
6. Impressions are important. Avoid vainglory but make victories seen. 




Opportunities find those whose achievements are visible.
7. Applied experience beats knowledge.

1. Do not just read. Assimilate.
2. Determined through calm. No tension yet not reckless. Spirit settled yet unbiased.
3. Perception and sight. Looking to seeing.
4. Intent, not fixedness. Commit to what one has settled to do, but be pliable.
5. Indecision kills. Be decisive, with a resolute spirit.
6. Inertia achieves nothing. Move.

Book of Earth:

1. Value the grueling discipline, not just the success.
2. Master multiple fields & learn constantly. Authority/trust/gravitas are forged through rigorous practice.
3. Master tools but rely on mindset. Use what gives advantage.
4. Know the foundations, but make your own way (even if unconventional).
5. Think differently but communicate clearly. Brilliant ideas are useless if no one understands.

Ryo and parallel careers

How do worms work?
As humans, we focus mostly on flowers (blinded by everyone’s highlight reels).

For plants, both above and below matter. The roots and the flowers are equally important. There is no “secondary.”

One exists because the other nourishes it.

Dreams need action not just passion. Put in the work. Saying “I’m not/can’t/don’t” paralyzes you from starting.

Let “one day” be now.

Psychology of the Unconscious Part 1 41:4

I am so bored by this

Hate the ending

god i love every chapter haruto js in. best boy

god i love every chapter haruto js in. best boy

the world-building is so beautiful man... i cannot put this book down. everything is so magical. haruto my man, i'm so in love with you. kei i love you too. god this love triangle is killing me in the best way possible. that bomb drop in chapter 27... the drama man... literally gasped out loud

the world-building is so beautiful man... i cannot put this book down. everything is so magical. haruto my man, i'm so in love with you. kei i love you too. god this love triangle is killing me in the best way possible. that bomb drop in chapter 27... the drama man... literally gasped out loud

Part One
The fallen blossom cannot return to the branch. A broken mirror cannot be made to shine.

Ch.2
"Invisible scars hide the deepest wounds."
"Some things wear their damage better than others."

Ch.3
"Does he love you?"
"Love is something that people are taught to want. But all we really need is to not be alone when we come home and to have someone to wave goodbye to us at the door when we leave."

Ch. 1

"what am i working for?"
"i ought to focus on what i had in front of me."
"at first, i knew nothing, but stick with it and you'll learn along the way."

on looking after yourself and not treating yourself carelessly:

"there's no need to panic, or do more than i can cope with right now."

"in a world where you don't know what will happen next, just do what you can right now."

Ch. 1

"what am i working for?"
"i ought to focus on what i had in front of me."
"at first, i knew nothing, but stick with it and you'll learn along the way."

on looking after yourself and not treating yourself carelessly:

"there's no need to panic, or do more than i can cope with right now."

"in a world where you don't know what will happen next, just do what you can right now."