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Chris is Currently Reading

Chris Bowley is currently reading

Pariah (Bequin, #1)

by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: black-library, sci-fi, currently-reading

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read in December 2021

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Selected Poetry

by John Keats

bookshelves: classic, poetry, currently-reading

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How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves

by Tristan Gooley (Goodreads Author)

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Chris’s Quotes

“Pain is a debt paid off with time.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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“If you are the type of person who thinks too much about stuff then there is nothing lonelier in the world than being surrounded by a load of people on a different wavelength.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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“Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

tags: emotions, hate

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“It's best for a fool to keep his mouth shut among other people. No one will know he knows nothing if he says nothing. An ignorant man does not know how little he knows no matter how much he talks.”
― Odin, Hávamál : vikingenes visdomsord

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“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

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