“Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.” ThinkingWorldYearsHumansLittlesIssuesModernChangedSpeechYears AgoTerrorismEmpiresModern WorldGrappling Author:Robert Harris
“To say she was my girlfriend was absurd: no one the wrong side of thirty has a girlfriend… I suppose I ought to have realize it’s ominous that forty thousand years of human language had failed to produce a word for our relationship.” YearsHumansLanguageSidesRealizingProduceOughtThousandAbsurdThirtyGirlfriendFortyOur RelationshipThousand YearsMy GirlfriendOminousHuman Language Book:The Ghost Source: The Ghost
“Of all human activities, writing is the one for which it is easiest to find excuses not to begin – the desk’s too big, the desk’s too small, there’s too much noise, there’s too much quiet, it’s too hot, too cold, too early, too late. I had learned over the years to ignore them all, and simply to start.” WritingYearsHumansBigsToo MuchColdActivityQuietLateHotExcuseNoiseToo LateDesksHuman Activity Author:Robert Harris
