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“Travel agents would be wiser to ask us what we hope to change about our lives rather than simply where we wish to go.”

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Alain de Botton is a Swiss writer and philosopher known for his books on philosophy, art, and culture. His work is characterized by its accessible exploration of profound themes, which has won him a wide audience. more

“He was making her feel small and absurdly petulant and, worse yet, she suspected he was right. She always suspected he was right. For a brief irrational moment, she wished she could walk away from him. Then she wished, more rationally, that she could love him without needing him. Need gave him power without his trying; need was the choicelessness she often felt around him.”

Needs Feels Trying Moments Felt Walks Irrational

Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Ranger plays by his own set of rules, and I don't have a complete copy.”

Play Copies Rangers

Book:Lean Mean Thirteen

Source: Lean Mean Thirteen

“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”

Mind Humans Reality Truth Human Mind 1984 Important

Book:George Orwell's 1984

Source: George Orwell's 1984

“Reading is more important than writing.”

Writing Important Reading

Author:Roberto Bolano

“You can present the material, but you can't make me care.”

Care Materials Apathy

Author:Bill Watterson

“Striving humbly but heroically to live by what is good, true, and noble in the midst of - and in spite of - the modern climate.”

Modern Climate Strive Noble Spite Midst Live By

Book:Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star

Source: Rediscovering Catholicism: Journeying Toward Our Spiritual North Star

“When you're rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.”

About Yourself Rotten Those You Love One More Day

Book:For One More Day

Source: For One More Day

“Science, the largest religion of the twentieth century, had become tarnished by images of exploding space shuttles, crack babies, and a generation of complacent Americans who allowed the television to raise their children. People were looking for something - I think they just didn't know what. And even though they were once again starting to open their eyes to the world of magic and the arcane that had been with them all the while, they still thought I must be some kind of joke.”

Source: The Dresden Files Collection 1-6

“I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”

Thinking Book Reading Steps Study Havens Library Spine Taxi Infinite Jest

Author:David Foster Wallace

“..."Good, because I need your help." "Help is my middle name." I was pretty sure she'd already told me bad was her middle name, but I kept my opinion to myself.”

Needs Helping Names Opinion Middle

Book:The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

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