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“Mentioning violence to Bruce was like mentioning chocolate sauce to a six-year-old.”

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Robert Muchamore, born on December 26, 1972, is a renowned British children's literature author. His works, characterized by suspense and adventure, have won the hearts of young readers. more

“I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. My mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined. You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”

Thinking Mind Ideas Emotion Minutes Slave Buddhist Touching Dozen Swings Monkeys Stopping Limbs Scratches Spit Howl Undisciplined Monkey Mind

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.”

Past Comfort Distance Nostalgia Quitting Candle

Book:Away: A Novel

Source: Away: A Novel

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

“To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.”

Food Cooking Fats Meat Organs Cheese Dishes Chef Worth Living Pork Sausage Kitchen Confidential Cooking And Eating Life Is Not Worth Living Stinky

Book:Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw

Source: Tony Bourdain boxset: Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw

“I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.”

Hate Choices I Hate Abortion

Book:Barbara Bush: A Memoir

Source: Barbara Bush: A Memoir

“I found I could extinguish all human hope from my soul.”

Humans Soul Found My Soul

Author:Arthur Rimbaud

“I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the duncoloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material?”

World House Streets Materials Window Yellow Fog Dreary Swirls

Book:Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear

Source: Sherlock Holmes - The Novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear

“I only count the hours that shine.”

Hours Shining

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

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