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Daniel Pennac
“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
Daniel Pennac

Alan W. Watts
“Nobody believes in God like an atheist: 'There is no God, and I am His prophet.”
Alan W. Watts, Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion

Albert Camus
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
Albert Camus

Albert Camus
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
Albert Camus

Idries Shah
“To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.”
Idries Shah, Reflections

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