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“It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.”

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This book is a tale of brothers bound by fate and fortune, facing trials and triumphs in a world of danger and opportunity. more

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Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer, born on April 15, 1940, is a British author and politician. He has served as a Member of the House of Lords and is recognized for his political thrillers and romance novels. more

“Some of us are darkness lovers. We do not dislike the early and late daylight of June, but we cherish the increasing dark of November, which we wrap around ourselves in the prosperous warmth of wood stove, oil and electric blanket. Inside our warmth we fold ourselves, partly tuber, partly bear, in the dark and its cold - around us, outside us, safely away from us. We tuck ourselves up in the comfort of cold's opposite, warming ourslves by thought of the cold, lighting ourselves by darkness's idea.”

“There's a widespread notion that children are open, that the truth about their inner selves just seeps out of them. That's all wrong. No one is more covert than a child, and no one has a greater need to be that way. It's a response to a world that's always using a can opener to open them up to see what's inside, wondering whether it ought to be replaced with a more useful sort of preserves.”

World Way Needs Children Self Wonder Greater Ought Quiet Response Notion Preserves Replaced Inner Self Covert

Book:Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel

Source: Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel

“But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.”

Ifs Way Long Left Behinds Quiet Long Way Left Behind

Author:Tom Hornbein

“Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a moment to accept with silent dignity.”

War Moments Speak Accepting Movement Quiet Judgment Dignity Silent Excitement Puzzles Spoil

Author:John Gallagher, Jr.

“The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind; The Third, that it aims its beak to the skies; The Fourth, that it does not have a definite color; The Fifth, that it sings very softly.”

Firsts Kind Doe Suffering Company Five Sky Conditions Color Quiet Highest Bird Thirds Aim Fourth Solitary Definite Fifth Beaks

Book:San Juan de la Cruz

Source: San Juan de la Cruz

“A journal is more than a memory goad. It's therapeutic. The simple act of opening a notebook to put words down stills the crosscurrents of worry, drawing to focus the essential though patterms that best defines us, intersecting those thoughts with the condition of our life at that exact moment. A journal is one of the few anchors the human condition allows us.”

Humans Stills Moments Memories Simple Worry Focus Our Lives Conditions Quiet Essentials Drawing Opening Human Condition Journal Notebook Anchors Therapeutic

Author:Randy Wayne White

“The rhythm of the water, the sunset over the horizon, and the freedom of the ocean reminds me of how simply beautiful life can be. When you move too fast you can miss the things that mean the most. My love for th ocean reminds me of my love for the snow, and my love for life. So enjoy all that life has to offer.”

Mean Beautiful Moving Enjoy Water Missing Offers Quiet Ocean Snow Rhythm Sunset Love Life Horizon Beautiful Life Simply Beautiful

Author:Tara Dakides

“To try to explain something as "I love it" and "It's fun" would be like describing the sunset over the middle of the ocean as "bright and pretty." It's just not that simple.”

Trying Would Be Fun Simple Middle Quiet Ocean Sunset Describing

Author:Tara Dakides

“Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.”

Thinking Would Be Pain Sacrifice Degrees Entrepreneur Unimaginable

Book:Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul

Source: Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul

“There are very few self-made millionaires, if any, who have not taken risks which would make the rest of us unable to sleep at night, or keep our food down.”

Ifs Made Self Night Sleep Taken Risk Entrepreneur Millionaire Self Made Unable To Sleep

Author:Dominic Lawson

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