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Chris Bowley is currently reading

The Thrice-Bound Fool (Blacktongue #2)

by Christopher Buehlman (Goodreads Author)

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Some Thoughts on the Common Toad

by George Orwell

bookshelves: classic, philosophy-improvement, currently-reading

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European Thought & Culture in the 20th Century

by Lloyd S. Kramer

bookshelves: lecture, modern-history, currently-reading

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Chris’s Quotes

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

tags: books, thought

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“If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won't open it first.”
― Dan Abnett, Xenos

tags: angry, authority, humour, inquisitor, threatening

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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

tags: inspirational, running

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“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

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“Mindfulness isn’t something we practice only in the meditation hall; we also practice in the kitchen, in the garden, or when we’re on the telephone, driving the car, or washing the dishes.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

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