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"A collective 70-plus percent of us are too heavy. Nearly a third of us now have diabetes or prediabetes, and 40 million have mobility problems that hinder them from getting from point A to point B. Heart disease kills a quarter of us. These are all medical issues that were essentially nonexistent until the 20th century. People are also suffering from 'diseases of despair' depression, anxiety, addiction, and suicide." — Feb 18, 2026 12:39PM
"A collective 70-plus percent of us are too heavy. Nearly a third of us now have diabetes or prediabetes, and 40 million have mobility problems that hinder them from getting from point A to point B. Heart disease kills a quarter of us. These are all medical issues that were essentially nonexistent until the 20th century. People are also suffering from 'diseases of despair' depression, anxiety, addiction, and suicide." — Feb 18, 2026 12:39PM
“هذا كل ما يتطلّبه الأمر، لحظة تافهة كهذه، يدرك المرء بعدها، للمرة الأولى وللأبد، عناءَ أن يكونَ نفسه.”
― .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك
― .الحالة الحرجة للمدعو ك
“-- ولأنه لا يوجد وحي في عصرنا فلم يبق لأمثالك إلا التسول!
-- التسول! في الليل والنهار... في القراءة المجدبة والشعر العقيم.. في الصلوات الوثنية في باحات الملاهي الليلية. في تحريك القلب الأصم بأشواك المغامرات الجهنمية.”
― الشحاذ
-- التسول! في الليل والنهار... في القراءة المجدبة والشعر العقيم.. في الصلوات الوثنية في باحات الملاهي الليلية. في تحريك القلب الأصم بأشواك المغامرات الجهنمية.”
― الشحاذ
“We are living progressively sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged, safety-netted lives.”
― The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
― The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
“We are all of us more complicated than the roles we are assigned in the stories other people tell”
― Educated
― Educated
Middle East/North African Lit
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Literature from the languages of India.
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