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“Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”

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American novelist known for his profound literary style and rich imagination. His notable works include 'The Border Trilogy' and 'No Country for Old Men'. more

“Studies show: Intelligent girls are more depressed Because they know What the world is really like Don't think for a beat it makes it better When you sit her down and tell her Everything gonna be all right She knows in society she either is A devil or an angel with no in between She speaks in the third person So she can forget that she's me”

Thinking Knows World Persons Shows Girl Speak Forget Study Beats Devil Angel Thirds Intelligent Down And Third Person Intelligent Girl

Author:Emilie Autumn

“We're all one thing, like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.”

Way Heart Body Hate Hurt One Thing Ocean Fishes Envy Silly Cells Lungs

Author:Charlie Kaufman

“Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.”

Book Effort Taste Critics Despite Inherent Best Effort

Author:Alain de Botton

“For fear, real fear such as shakes you to your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought face to face with your mortal end, nestles in your memory like a gangrene: it seeks to rot everything, even the words with which to speak of it. So you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.”

Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

“The fact that Gene Simmon's son is a manga-ka disturbs me more than whether he's really copying or not.”

Facts Son Genes Copying

Author:Tite Kubo

“Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.”

Knows Today

Book:You could look it up: more on language

Source: You could look it up: more on language

“Ye gods! But you're not standing around holding it by the hand all this time. No. [...] [T]he dough takes care of itself. [...] While you cannot speed up the process, you can slow it down at any point by setting the dough in a cooler place [...] then continue where you left off, when you are ready to do so. In other words, you are the boss of that dough.”

Hands Care Left Process Ready Standing Take Care Speed Setting Settings Boss Dough

Author:Julia Child

“I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen everyday. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.”

Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition

“When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.”

People Ifs Children Happens Parent Talking Humility Parenting Funny Inspirational Being A Good Parent

Book:Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Source: Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan

“Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the first classes by reading to them from poetry and religious texts. "Reading, literature, and spirituality are good for the soul," he told them. "So we will start with these studies.”

Firsts Stills Soul Spirituality Girl Reading Literature Lost Religious Class Study Mourning Pens Pencils Textbooks First Class Reading Literature Religious Texts

Book:Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Source: Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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