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"I also really love a line from [this book], which is 'The longest way around is the shortest way home.'" - Debbie Millman

"[Appears] not to be written by [a human being]." - Christopher Hitchens

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"I think that this book is a classic for anyone who is thinking relationships." - Esther Perel

"When CEO Satya Nadella took over Microsoft, he started defusing its toxic culture by handing each of his execs [this book]." - Business Insider

"Seek first to understand." - Dustin Moskovitz

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"One of my favorite books!!" - Duncan Trussell

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

"A poignant reminder of what we so deeply intuit yet so easily forget and so chronically fail to put into practice." - Maria Popova

Jim Collins mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Says something about the fact that it’s not so much the shortness of life, it’s how we waste it." - Chip Conley

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recommended this book on Twitter.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!" - Oprah Winfrey

"If you’ve never written a book and you’re going to tell somebody you want to write a great book, [...] read this and know what a great book is." - Cal Fussman

"Epic." - Christopher Hitchens

"Another amazing book that made me see things differently." - Fred Wilson

"The only book I can think of that I read again immediately." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

"So good that it may as well be non-fiction." - Naval Ravikant

"[He] says, 'Love is stronger than hate. Soft is stronger than hard. Water is stronger than stone.'" - David Blaine

"Was recommended to me by a friend." - Emma Watson

Wim Hof's answer to "What do you give to people as gifts?"

"Love [this book]." - Bryan Johnson

"It’s a nice book about a journey of an evolution of a young man into an adult." - Navdeep Chandel

"One of my favorite books of all time." - Naval Ravikant

"My most read book." - Tobi Lütke

"Finished reading." - Jack Dorsey

"I kind of thrive on stress, so I’m almost embarrassed by how comforting I find this book." - Anna Kendrick

"Great read." - Sam Altman

"I find [this book] so inspirational and instructive, it lives on my nightstand." - Arianna Huffington

"It’s about attachment parenting." - Whitney Cummings

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book in the "What to Read Next" newsletter.

"The most mind-bending book you can imagine, because it essentially taught you always humans are flawed and influential." - Tobi Lütke

"100 percent of effective people seem to have read [this book]. In fact, it’s one of those things that when I meet somebody and they’re operating at a pretty high level, if you mention [this book], they’ve all read it." - Scott Adams

"Fundamental and had a lot to teach." - Naval Ravikant

Charlie Munger recommended this book in the "Poor Charlie's Almanack" book.

Adam Robinson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Ramit Sethi mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"I cannot express how immensely valuable this book is, when absorbed into an open mind." - Aubrey Marcus

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"Critical for anyone trying to accomplish anything." - Ryan Holiday

"I think that [this book is] a great tool to get into the hands of women and get that positive thinking going." - Alice Little

"His best book." - Rollo Tomassi

Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

"I was a profoundly better man for reading [this book]." - Aubrey Marcus

"Be conscious / present when you are interacting in life." - Noah Kagan

"This book is made for a man, but the ladies must read it, too, if they really want to understand how men work." - Jen Sincero

Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

"Everything by [this author] is worth reading." - Naval Ravikant

"If you want to understand HUMAN sexual biology, this information is incomplete at best." - Aubrey Marcus

"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all [this author's]." - Nick Szabo

"Many human behaviors and feelings can be explained by evolutionary psychology." - Brian Armstrong

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

Dave Elitch mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.