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“Learn to question yourself: Why this anger or resentment? Where does this incessant need for attention come from? Under such scrutiny, your emotions will lose their hold on you. You will begin to think for yourself instead of reacting to what others give you.”
― The Laws of Human Nature
― The Laws of Human Nature
“To assume the best about another is the trait that has created modern society. Those occasions when our trusting nature gets violated are tragic. But the alternative - to abandon trust as a defense against predation and deception - is worse.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
“Meaning - this is perhaps the common note, the bane I am seeking. What is the Meaning of this book, this event in the book, this story ... ? Tell me what it Means.
But that is not my job, honey. That's your job.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
But that is not my job, honey. That's your job.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“... ageing is nothing to be ashamed of
especially when the entire human race is in it together”
― Girl, Woman, Other
especially when the entire human race is in it together”
― Girl, Woman, Other
“Tish is sensitive, and that is her superpower. The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
Ieva’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Ieva’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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26 friends
166 books
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438 books
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301 books
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183 books
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696 books
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72 books
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286 books
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