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Optimism: more sayings
- “The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.”Jalaluddin Rumi
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- “Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.”Jonathan Kellerman
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Books by Colum McCann
TransAtlantic
2013
Dancer
2004
Zoli
2007
Let the great world spin
2011
Zoli
2007