But I know that no matter where I work, the stress of human relations is not something I can easily escape.
Jenn's notes on What You Are Looking For Is In The Library
What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama
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in reading orderChildren don’t have the prejudices that adults do about insects we usually regard as pests. [fix pg #]
I believe that a job security will place in society. So if you have a parallel career, you can have two places with neither a side business.
If you can survive the ordeal of being born, you can get through anything. [fix pg #]
“The moment you say, ‘don’t’ you’re done for.” “Excuse me?” “You have to turn that ‘don’t’ into a goal.”
But there came a time when I thought I ought to make an effort, and listen to what other people might have to say. Once I started to show my face here and there, I had encounters that led to all sorts of opportunities and connections.
Life is one revelation after another. Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances. But the flip side is all the unexpected, wonderful things that you could never have imagined happening. [change pg#]
Try not to think of upset plans or schedules as personal failure or bad luck. If you can do that, then you can change, in your own self and in your life overall. [change pg #]
You may say that it was the book, but it’s how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself. [ch pg #]
Things change, even if you want them to stay the same. At the same time, you can try to change, but you will still remain the same. [ch pg #]
By the age of thirty, things have fallen into place for most people. They’re more or less settled, with jobs and families. Nobody here today is a student anymore. This is a bunch of adults who’ve shed their school uniforms and evolved into something else.
Keep what you read, not just what you finished.
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