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“Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese”

Book:Who Moved My Cheese?

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Who Moved My Cheese?

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Spencer Johnson

Spencer Johnson is an American author born on January 1, 1940. His works are known for their concise and practical style, especially his book 'Who Moved My Cheese?' which has gained widespread popularity. more

“Left to our own devices, we are apt to backslide to our instinctive conceptual ways. This underscores the place of education in a scientifically literate democracy, and even suggests a statement of purpose for it (a surprisingly elusive principle in higher education today). The goal of education is to make up for the shortcomings in our instinctive ways of thinking about the physical and social world. And education is likely to succeed not by trying to implant abstract statements in empty minds but by taking the mental models that are our standard equipment, applying them to new subjects in selective analogies, and assembling them into new and more sophisticated combinations.”

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Book:The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Source: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

“There is the body of history ever atop of us, and the body of memory rustling within us. Between the two, we are crushed.”

History Memory Metaphor The Past Sonora Hannah Lillith Assadi

Book:Sonora

Source: Sonora

“My father, a Palestinian, and my mother, an Israeli, met in a bar in New York. Their encounter was a blue shift. An anomaly. A collision. In the end, I understand, it is only for this we live. All I ever wanted was to love.”

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Book:Sonora

Source: Sonora

“Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.”

Metaphor Natasha Pulley

Book:The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

Source: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

“Manoeuvre your way to success. Do not let any form of failure keep you in despair.”

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Book:The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

“I couldn't decide what kind of person she was, whether she was one of those insects that look exactly like wasps but aren't . . . I just wanted to know if she would sting.”

Metaphor Sympathy Olivia Sudjic

Book:Sympathy

Source: Sympathy

“In the last week I felt her withdrawing. What was once everywhere, an ocean I imagined myself to be drowning in, was now barely deep enough to bathe in. I saw her warmth draining away and I couldn't stop it.”

Metaphor Sympathy Withdrawing Olivia Sudjic

Book:Sympathy

Source: Sympathy

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