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Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.


“Men, after all, delight in nothing so much as to recast themselves in the center of the story.”
― When Women Were Dragons
― When Women Were Dragons

“When physicians are under time pressure, they are apparently more inclined to choose a quick-fix solution, despite its serious downsides.”
― Noise
― Noise

“The problem is not that there is a lack of money, food, water, or land. The problem is we've given control of these resources to psychopaths.”
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“The final element is execution. The only way a strategy can get implemented is if we dedicate resources to it. Good intentions are not enough—you’re not implementing the strategy that you intend if you don’t spend your time, your money, and your talent in a way that is consistent with your intentions. In your life, there are going to be constant demands for your time and attention. How are you going to decide which of those demands gets resources? The trap many people fall into is to allocate their time to whoever screams loudest, and their talent to whatever offers them the fastest reward. That’s a dangerous way to build a strategy. All of these factors—priorities, balancing plans with opportunities, and allocating your resources—combine to create your strategy.”
― How Will You Measure Your Life?
― How Will You Measure Your Life?

“What is grief, but love that’s lost its object?”
― When Women Were Dragons
― When Women Were Dragons
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