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UR by Stephen King

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He thought one of the universal truths of life was that, sooner or later, someone always paid.

In the Tall Grass

by Stephen King

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The Book Lover

by Maryann McFadden

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

tags: novel, politics

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“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.”
― T. Scott McLeod, All That Is Unspoken

tags: buddhism, enlightenment, love, meditation, peace, spiritual-journey, spiritual-journeys, suffering, transcendence, zen, zen-buddhism

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

tags: life

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fans of the books written by Stephen King (and Richard Bachman)and Stephen King himself.

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This is a group dedicated to one of the best authors in the world, Anne Rice. Whether you've read one, all, or none of her books you should join. For ...more