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Chris is Currently Reading

Chris Bowley is currently reading

The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)

by Dan Simmons

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Some Thoughts on the Common Toad

by George Orwell

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European Thought & Culture in the 20th Century

by Lloyd S. Kramer

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Chris’s Quotes

“The miracle is not to walk on water or fire. The miracle is to walk on the earth.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

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“Either we choose to stay alive, or we give up. And if it's living we choose, then we do whatever it takes.”
― Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den

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“There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

tags: life, mental-health, mental-illness

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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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