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Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

“If you want your mind to find what it's looking for quickly, just multiply your options!”

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Mehmet Murat Ildan is a renowned Turkish writer born on May 16, 1965. His works span various literary forms including novels, essays, and poetry, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“Ah, God, it were an easy Matter to choose a Calling had one all Time to live in! I should be fifty Years a Barrister, fifty a Physician, fifty a Clergyman, fifty a Soldier! Aye, and fifty a Thief, and fifty a Judge! All Roads are fine Roads, beloved Sister, none more than another, so that with one Life to spend I am a Man bare-bumm'd at Taylors with Cash for but one pair of Breeches, or a Scholar at Brookstalls with Money for a single Book: to choose ten were no Trouble; to choose one, impossible! All Trades, all Crafts, all Professions are wondrous, but none is finer than the rest together. I cannot choose, sweet Anna: twixt Stools my Breech falleth to the Ground!”

Calling Vocation John Barth

Book:The Sot-Weed Factor

Source: The Sot-Weed Factor

“Everything makes me nervous.” Stevie thought a moment. “Well . . . not everything. But man-eaters definitely make me nervous.” “But tigers are man-eaters . . . and you’re half tiger.” Stevie stared out the front window for several seconds ruminating on that bit of information before admitting, “Dear God. I’m terrified of myself.”

Stevie

Book:Hot and Badgered

Source: Hot and Badgered

“You can’t give wild animals food and then take it away.” Stevie pointed a finger at Charlie and snarled through gritted teeth, “So if that means you need to bake, bitch. Bake!”

Stevie

Book:Hot and Badgered

Source: Hot and Badgered

“one of the worst things is when witnesses start talking to each other. As soon as you start talking to someone else, the story you have in your head changes. Human memory is rewritten like computer memory. You just get the most updated file.”

Mystery Crime Murder Witness Story Stevie Updated Human Memory

Book:Truly, Devious

Source: Truly, Devious

“Periodically someone would encourage her to walk through the woods or try out the mountain bike. Stevie viewed these offers with grave suspicion and declined.”

Suspicion Stevie

Book:The Box in the Woods

Source: The Box in the Woods

“Nate poked her with the toe of his sneaker. “This is a David thing,” he said. “Obviously.” She did not reply. “Romance seems fun,” he added. “Don’t.” “I’m not.”

Romance Fun Mock Nate Stevie

Book:The Box in the Woods

Source: The Box in the Woods

“She wore a lot of black, because it suited her and it always seemed to go together. Sometimes she felt like she was missing a chip or a gene or something that made this all matter, but it never bothered her much.”

Reckless Stevie Truly Devious

Author:Maureen Johnson

“Ike noticed the preacher had pictures of Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms in his office, with a portrait of Jesus in the middle. Ike said that seemed appropriate since the Bible said Jesus was nailed up between two thieves. The preacher didn’t like that much, so Ike quit going to church for awhile.”

Humor Religion Politics

Book:The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery

Source: The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery

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