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Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
‘I’m only saying. It’s human nature to think we’re all here for some big purpose. But most of us aren’t. Most of us are ordinary, and it’s important to accept it. A person has to be content to lead a normal life. There’s no shame in it.’ The three of us sit in terrible, awkward silence. The worst thing that could happen would be for me to fail, to
... See moreFrances Macken • You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here
The dance of gunmetal waves
Helen Coffey • Zero Altitude: How I Learned to Fly Less and Travel More
To make do, he uses a pet theory he’s developed, about people’s visual attractiveness—I’ve heard variations of it from a few blind people. It’s a theory of the voice. His idea is that if someone is attractive, they’ll be positively reinforced from a young age by their peers and family, who will imbue them with the confidence that physical hotness b
... See moreAndrew Leland • The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
It’s hard to know what a form of behaviour will look like in you when you haven’t seen anything similar in someone like you.
Viv Groskop • How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking
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