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“Great men's value increases with age.”

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“Rope-skipping, hopscotch. That old woman in black who sat down next to me on my bench, on my rack of joy (a nymphet was groping under me for a lost marble), and asked if I had stomachache, the insolent hag. Ah, leave me alone in my pubescent park, in my mossy garden. Let them play around me forever. Never grow up.”

Lolita Humbert Humbert

Book:Lolita

Source: Lolita

“The softness and fragility of baby animals caused us the same intense pain. She wanted to be a nurse in some famished Asiatic country; I wanted to be a famous spy.”

Lolita Humbert Humbert

Book:Lolita

Source: Lolita

“If you think of doing something in New York City, you can be certain that at least two thousand other people have the same thought. And of the two thousand who do, about one thousand will be standing in line waiting to do it.”

Book:From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

“His brown eyes would roam around the various sentimental and artistic bric-a-brac present, and his own banal toiles (the conventionally primitive eyes, sliced guitars, blue nipples and geometrical designs of the day), and with a vague gesture toward a painted wooden bowl or veined vase, he would say "Prenez donc une des ces poires. La bonne dame d'en face m'en offre plus que je n'en peux savourer." Or: "Mississe Taille Lore vient de me donner ces dahlias, belles fleurs que j'exècre.”

French Pears Neighbors Dahlias Humbert Humbert

Book:Lolita

Source: Lolita

“What chance has a lonely surfer boy For the love of a surfer chick, With all these Humbert Humbert cats Coming on so big and sick? For me, my baby was a woman. For him she’s just another nymphet.”

Surfing Surfer Lolita Thomas Pynchon Humbert Humbert Nabakov Nymphet The Crying Of Lot 49 The Paranoids

Book:The Crying of Lot 49

Source: The Crying of Lot 49

“Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.”

Author:Laura Vanderkam

“Problem with an old friend who is too busy: he always perceives you as if never changed.”

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Book:Master of Stupidity

Source: Master of Stupidity

“When someone tells you they are too 'busy'… It’s not a reflection of their schedule; it’s a reflection of YOUR spot on their schedule.”

Author:Steve Maraboli

“Keep yourself busy until you feel sleepy.”

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Author:Suman Pokhrel

“Inevitably we find ourselves tackling too many things at the same time, spreading our focus so thin that nothing gets the attention it deserves. This is commonly referred to as "being busy." Being busy, however, is not the same thing as being productive.”

Busy Productivity Multitasking Busyness

Book:The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

Source: The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future