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“Humans need something other than the human world, or else they go mad.”
― Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
― Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
“Yet identities persisted. On a personal level. Freedom was little more than a tattered net, draped over a host of minor, self-imposed bindings. Its stripping away changed little, except, perhaps, the comforting delusion of the ideal. Mind bound to self, self to flesh, flesh to bone. As the Errant wills, we are a latticework of cages, and whatever flutters within knows but one freedom, and that is death.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
“Is their average blood glucose a little bit high? Are they “spiking” above 160 mg/dL more often than I would like? Or could they perhaps tolerate a little bit more carbohydrate in their diet? Not everyone needs to restrict carbohydrates; some people can handle more than others, and some have a hard time sticking to severe carbohydrate restriction. Overall, I like to keep average glucose at or below 100 mg/dL, with a standard deviation of less than 15 mg/dL.[*5] These are aggressive goals: 100 mg/dL corresponds to an HbA1c of 5.1 percent, which is quite low. But I believe that the reward, in terms of lower risk of mortality and disease, is well worth it given the ample evidence in nondiabetics and diabetics alike.”
― Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
― Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
“I always believed freedom concerned the granted right to be different, without fear of repression.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
“Make no assumptions. About anything. Ever. Stay mindful, my friend, and suspicious. Suspicious, but not frightened by complexity.”
― Midnight Tides
― Midnight Tides
Magic Realism
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Latin American Literature and Magical Realism
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