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Bill Bryson, born on December 8, 1951, is a British author known for his humorous and knowledgeable writing. His works span across various fields, including travel literature, natural history, and science popularization.

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“I think it's only right that crazy people should have their own city, but I cannot for the life of me see why a sane person would want to go there.”

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Book:The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America

Source: The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America

“But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.”

Source: Neither here nor there: travels in Europe

“Black bears rarely attack. But here's the thing. Sometimes they do. All bears are agile, cunning and immensely strong, and they are always hungry. If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. That doesn't happen often, but - and here is the absolutely salient point - once would be enough.”

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“I was heading to Nebraska. Now there's a sentence you don't want to say too often if you can possibly help it.”

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“Life just wants to be; but it doesn't want to be much.”

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“I can't fix the world. If you want to make a difference in life, you have to direct your energies in a focused way.”

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“I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.”

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“You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them.”

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“I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that people do; disappointed in the things that people construct. I want things to be better all the time.”

People Knows Want Seems Disappointed Constructs Misanthropic

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“Our instinct may be to see the impossibility of tracking everything down as frustrating, dispiriting, perhaps even appalling, but it can just as well be viewed as almost unbearably exciting. We live on a planet that has a more or less infinite capacity to surprise. What reasoning person could possibly want it any other way?”

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“Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.”

Want Tree Devil Christmas Tree

Book:The Complete Notes

Source: The Complete Notes

“There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop.”

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Book:Neither here nor there: travels in Europe

Source: Neither here nor there: travels in Europe

“Every dog on the face of the earth wants me dead.”

Want Earth Faces Dog Want Me

Book:Down Under

Source: Down Under

About the Author

Born: December 8, 1951
Known for: Author
Quotes: 367

Books & Sources

A Short History of Nearly EverythingRelated source material

At Home: A Short History of Private LifeRelated source material

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town AmericaRelated source material

Neither here nor there: travels in EuropeRelated source material

In a Sunburned CountryRelated source material

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian TrailRelated source material

The Complete NotesRelated source material

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years AwayRelated source material

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt KidRelated source material

Notes from a Small IslandRelated source material

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