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Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Remember that you are a Black Swan.”

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a renowned author, scholar, and thinker whose unique perspective and profound insights have had a wide-reaching impact in fields such as finance, statistics, and philosophy. He is best known for his books 'The Black Swan' and 'Fooled by Randomness', which have explored the nature of uncertainty, risk, and probability theory. more

“You go to someone and you think, 'I'll tell him this.' But why? The impulse is that the telling is going to relieve you. And that's why you feel awful later--you've relieved yourself, and if it truly is tragic and awful, it's not better, it's worse---the exhibitionism inherent to a confession has only made the misery worse.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Made Misery Awful Impulse Tragic Confession Inherent Relieved Exhibitionism

Book:American Pastoral

Source: American Pastoral

“She realized that being starved for words was the same as being starved for food, because both left a hollow place inside you, a place you needed filled to make it through another day. Rachel remembered how growing up she’d thought living on a farm with just a father was as lonely as you could be. (130)”

Father Left Growing Up Growing Needed Lonely Filled Remembered Farms Hollow Living On Another Day

Author:Ron Rash

“It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.” – Snipes (185)”

Men Way Philosophy Dark Folks Complaining

Author:Ron Rash

“It struck her how eating was a comfort during a hard time because it reminded you that there had been other days, good days, when you’d eaten the same thing. Reminded you there were good days in life, when precious little else did. (268)”

Littles Hard Comfort Eating Hard Times Good Day