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“There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.”

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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

“She [Susanna] realized she was still hugging the wall. Pride propelled her two steps forward. As she advanced, something bleated at her, as though chastising her for trespassing. She stopped midstep and peered at it. "Did you know there's a lamb in here?" "Never mind it. That's dinner." She gave it a smile and a friendly pat. "Hullo, Dinner. Aren't you a sweet thing." "It's not his name, it's his...function.”

Knows Mind Stills Two Names Steps Sweet Wall Pride Function Dinner Friendly Hug Lambs Steps Forward Did You Know Sweet Things Trespassing

Author:Tessa Dare

“Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.”

Author:Ned Vizzini

“Oh my God. You're a witch-hunter. I'm a witch. Hate to break it to you Daniel, but if you're a witch-hunter? You're doing it wrong." He gave me a sidelong smile. "Maybe it's not that kind of hunting." "Then you're definitely doing it wrong.”

Ifs Kind Hate Break Witch Hunting Hunters

Author:Kelley Armstrong

“Bitches and hoes don't exist because the hoes know Bo's a feminist.”

Knows Feminist Hoe

Author:Bo Burnham

“Except when it comes to Mom. She is, and always has been, the driving force in this family. And sometimes that means driving us head-on, no possible change of course, into a wall.”

Mean Has Beens Sometimes Courses Force Wall Mom Driving Driving Force Possible Change

Book:Perfect

Source: Perfect

“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.”

Problem Fiction Solitude Solutions Existential

Book:Farther Away: Essays

Source: Farther Away: Essays

“Maybe wrist corsages cut off circulation to the brain? I mean, is that why so many girls do stupid things on prom night? I was really going to have to investigate this further, I decided”

Mean Night Girl Brain Cutting Stupid Decided Wrists Circulation Stupid Things Prom Prom Night

Book:I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

Source: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

“Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.”

People Ifs Men Want Should Moving Choices Black Ability White Rights Neighborhood Integration

Author:Stokely Carmichael

“The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?” Stannis snorted. “Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well.”

Ifs Wells Wonder Lord Letters Admirable Stannis

Book:A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows

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