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“The Tower, that’s turmoil, sudden change. Your life might feel like it’s in upheaval, but really, you’ve got to remember that with change comes positive stuff, too. You’re gonna grow from this. With destruction comes transformation, right?
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I read this book when I was recovering from knee surgery. I felt like the this book was talking to me when I read this.
“I will not fall for any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomanics, chauvists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts.”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your life.”
― Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
― Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
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“Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang. The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
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