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17 September
From one piece labyrinthmaxxing and minotaur hours 4 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Tests of courage may really be tests of imagination: whether you can imagine a world beyond the one you are in.Their words
It is not really a test of courage, or if it is, maybe all tests of courage are really tests of imagination, a test that asks, Can you imagine a world beyond this?
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I would argue that what makes fiction feel like fiction is a certain degree of contrivance.
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The story we tell about a life is not the life itself; life exists only in the present moment.Their words
The story of a life is not the life itself. Life is in the moment.
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You don't have to overcome your fear in order to do things that are hard or which frighten you. You can do them scared.
3 September
28 August
From one piece i quit reading and almost died 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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But you know, sometimes, improvement is only legible when you stop looking for it.
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Hard work does not guarantee that it will pay off.Their words
I have accepted the reality that hard work does not mean that there will be a pay off for that hard work.
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I think it is dangerous to narrativize your life, going around acting like you're in a story with beats and arcs and trajectories.
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14 January
From one piece american symbolism 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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there are no cliches in actual human life. Cliché is an aspect of narrative, and life is not a narrative.
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A person's death, more than their life, is what turns them into a viral, revered symbol.Their words
Dying is the ultimate form of virality. The ultimate anointing in the religion of attention.
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this sort of thing is only possible if you view other people as abstractions more than people.
9 December 2025
From one piece writing with your eyeballs 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Literary criticism is itself a form of literature.Their words
I know that this is a contested idea, but my favorite books of the last five years have all been books of criticism, so...I mean, it's literature to me!
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Rachel Cusk's prose imitates the surface techniques of W.G. Sebald without adopting his underlying artistic aims.Their words
I believe that Cusk's own style apes the externalities of W.G. Sebald's style without carrying over his internals.
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But for me, style is always an external manifestation of a disposition toward life.
1 December 2025
From one piece get good 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Relying more and more on one's existing strengths eventually stops being a winning strategy.Their words
There comes a time when you have to realize that more of the same aspect of yourself isn't always a winning strategy.
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Americans tend to be aggressive yet thin-skinned, sure of their own rightness while doubting everyone else.Their words
Americans are mean, but fragile. Bullies, but babies. They are right, always, but also skeptical of every one else.
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Coaches who depend on clients paying them repeatedly avoid the corrections that might drive those clients away.Their words
American tennis coaches do not want to get fired. They want you to continue to pay them.
17 November 2025
From one piece why i played tennis on book tour 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Having an external accountability partner makes people follow through on writing they would otherwise skip.Their words
Accountability threads work! It brings me no pleasure to say this.
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Men's tennis shots tend to carry more spin and arc than women's, who tend to hit flatter.Their words
Women hit flatter balls. Men on average tend to hit with more shape, more arc, more spin.
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