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“Sometimes it takes strength to choose the path of weakness,” the woman said cryptically. “Sometimes surrender is more courageous than resistance. But it’s hard for people to see that.”
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Raymond Carver
“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

A.J. Cronin
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
― A.J. Cronin

Anthony Bourdain
“We know, for instance, that there is a direct, inverse relationship between frequency of family meals and social problems. Bluntly stated, members of families who eat together regularly are statistically less likely to stick up liquor stores, blow up meth labs, give birth to crack babies, commit suicide, or make donkey porn. If Little Timmy had just had more meatloaf, he might not have grown up to fill chest freezers with Cub Scout parts.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
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Ottessa Moshfegh
“It’s easy to tell the dirtiest minds—look for the cleanest fingernails.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

Anthony Bourdain
“your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

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