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A teetotaller like Washburne, Lincoln was also, unlike his friend, averse to food in general. For several years Washburne, stout and rosy, had been urging Lincoln to eat more, if only to cure himself of a constipation so severe that he ...more
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Douglas Adams
“something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea”
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Ben Casnocha
“Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.”
Ben Casnocha

Gary Provost
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
Gary Provost

George R.R. Martin
“Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.”
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

Friedrich Nietzsche
“Die at the right time”
Friedrich Nietzsche

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