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The Racket
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But this is one of the quirks of professional tennis, too: the sight of elite players – adults! – shouting at their parents sitting courtside during matches. It’s the one time they know their parents won’t shout back.
“Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.”
― Broken Homes
― Broken Homes
“the climate is warming, the world’s great ice sheets are melting, and the water is rising. This is not a speculative idea, or the hypothesis of a few wacky scientists, or a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. Sea-level rise is one of the central facts of our time, as real as gravity. It will reshape our world in ways most of us can only dimly imagine.”
― The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World
― The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World
“They’re nuts. Completely insane! I don’t get this gambling thing. Didn’t these people study statistics at university?”
― The Jennifer Morgue
― The Jennifer Morgue
“I can’t promise you that you won’t be tired, he says. But please know this. There’s a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired, Andre. That’s where you’re going to know yourself. On the other side of tired.”
― Open
― Open
“The heavens grant us only one life, but through books, we live a thousand.”
― Godsgrave
― Godsgrave
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