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Book cover for Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation
In that moment, of all my waking moments, I am very aware of being at the service of something; there is a machine in me, or I am a ghost in it.
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Rainer Maria Rilke
“If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well.”
Rainer Maria Rilke

Marcus Aurelius
“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”
Marcus Aurelius

James Allen
“He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened;" for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge. EFFECT”
James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

Richard Kadrey
“When you're born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire. But it's not.”
Richard Kadrey, Aloha from Hell

Marcus Aurelius
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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