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“Productivity is a trap. Becoming more efficient just makes you more rushed, and trying to clear the decks simply makes them fill up again faster. Nobody in the history of humanity has ever achieved “work-life balance,” whatever that might be, and you certainly won’t get there by copying the “six things successful people do before 7:00 a.m.” The day will never arrive when you finally have everything under control—when the flood of emails has been contained; when your to-do lists have stopped getting longer; when you’re meeting all your obligations at work and in your home life; when nobody’s angry with you for missing a deadline or dropping the ball; and when the fully optimized person you’ve become can turn, at long last, to the things life is really supposed to be about. Let’s start by admitting defeat: none of this is ever going to happen. But you know what? That’s excellent news.”
― Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
― Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior.”
― Unseen Academicals
― Unseen Academicals
“Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“Just ask me anything you can think of,’ said Gaam kindly.
The Sphinx leaned forward. ‘What have I got in my pockets?’ she asked, an insane glare in her eyes.
‘That’s not a riddle, that’s a question!’ said Gaam indignantly.
‘Well, you said she could ask you anything,’ said Erkila smoothly. ‘So you have to answer her. But I admit it’s a little strange. Where did you get this riddle?’ she asked the Sphinx.
‘I don’t remember. Possibly from someone I ate,’ murmured the Sphinx. ‘Well, mortal?’
‘Are you sure you want me to answer your riddle?’ asked Gaam.
‘Of course.’
‘And you will let me go if I answer correctly?’
The Sphinx shot a look at Erkila, watching them calmly. ‘Yes,’ she said.
‘Very well. When I saw you first, I noticed that like all Sphinxes, you are half woman and half lioness. Also, like all Sphinxes, you do not wear clothes. Since you do not wear clothes, you have no pockets. Therefore, you cannot possibly have anything in your pockets.’ He bowed. ‘A somewhat impulsive question, if I may say so.’
‘There’s no need to gloat,’ grumbled the Sphinx. She padded off, leaving Gaam with Erkila.”
― The Simoqin Prophecies
The Sphinx leaned forward. ‘What have I got in my pockets?’ she asked, an insane glare in her eyes.
‘That’s not a riddle, that’s a question!’ said Gaam indignantly.
‘Well, you said she could ask you anything,’ said Erkila smoothly. ‘So you have to answer her. But I admit it’s a little strange. Where did you get this riddle?’ she asked the Sphinx.
‘I don’t remember. Possibly from someone I ate,’ murmured the Sphinx. ‘Well, mortal?’
‘Are you sure you want me to answer your riddle?’ asked Gaam.
‘Of course.’
‘And you will let me go if I answer correctly?’
The Sphinx shot a look at Erkila, watching them calmly. ‘Yes,’ she said.
‘Very well. When I saw you first, I noticed that like all Sphinxes, you are half woman and half lioness. Also, like all Sphinxes, you do not wear clothes. Since you do not wear clothes, you have no pockets. Therefore, you cannot possibly have anything in your pockets.’ He bowed. ‘A somewhat impulsive question, if I may say so.’
‘There’s no need to gloat,’ grumbled the Sphinx. She padded off, leaving Gaam with Erkila.”
― The Simoqin Prophecies
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