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“...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.”

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This memoir delves into the author's experiences with alcoholism, detailing the struggles and triumphs of overcoming addiction. more

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Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs is an American writer born on October 23, 1965. Known for his memoirs, his works, such as 'Dry' and 'Running with Scissors,' have gained widespread popularity and critical acclaim. more

“Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of man with his mouth.”

“The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.”

Names Happened Humorous Deserve Unexpected Sarcasm

Book:The Arthur Conan Doyle Early Novels MEGAPACK®: 15 Classic Novels

Source: The Arthur Conan Doyle Early Novels MEGAPACK®: 15 Classic Novels

“There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA.”

Huge One Word Tombs

Book:Dracula

Source: Dracula

“Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.”

Morning Land Gates Penetrate

Book:On The Aesthetic Education Of Man

Source: On The Aesthetic Education Of Man

“It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling.”

Persons Term Limits Absurd Formal Schooling

Author:Murray Rothbard

“We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words, when in truth we need fresh sounds to utter, new enfranchised noises which would produce a new effect.”

Needs Littles Sound Black Effects Produce Paper Prison Noise Dictionary Printed Convicts Printed Word

Book:Titus Groan

Source: Titus Groan

“Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.”

Thinking Years Girl Courses Boys Teach Subjects Students University Gender Sexuality Dozen Birmingham Gender Gap Gender And Sexuality

Author:Louise Brown

“The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.”

Book Running Joy Song Study Theory Ten Kissing Laughter Jokes Percent Argument Sweat Cents Toil Ninety Exam Pints

Author:Siobhan Dowd

“Everyone is lonely, we have to remember that life is to be lived one day at a time. You cannot worry about the past or future. Happiness is in the now.”

Past Remember Life Is Worry One Day Lonely One Day At A Time Future Happiness

Author:Claudia Gray

“the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead”

Culture Ignorance Dignity Treats Meetings Brutality

Book:DUNE

Source: DUNE

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