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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor

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Richard’s Quotes

“Time's a thief. And like all good ones, once you realize he's been there, he's already gone.”
― Greg F. Gifune, Saying Uncle

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“Facts are harder to swallow than rocks, but just as solid.”
― Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

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“What do you call a heart that is simultaneously full and breaking? Maybe there's no word for it, but for some reason, it makes me think of rain falling through sunlight.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade

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“In a moment of instant clarity, Gary realized that he was about to see exactly what his insides were made of. And he wasn’t afraid. He was curious.”
― T.E. Grau, The Nameless Dark: A Collection

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“I was accustomed to liars, bold-faced or wide-eyed, silver tongued or pleading, often with the barrel of my gun directed at them as they babbled their last prayers to an indifferent god, squirted their last tears into the indifferent earth. A man will utter any falsehood, commit any debasement, sell his own children down the river, to avoid that final sweet goodnight.”
― Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All

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