“Any time you need to use the term hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal in order to make your point, you’ve got trouble.”
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
“First the light in the sky was no bigger than the moon, then it seemed larger, infinitely larger, and the whole grove trembled and quivered and every creature held its breath and the fireflies glowed brighter than they had ever glowed in their lives, each one convinced that this at last was love, but to no avail . . .”
― Stardust
― Stardust
“Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, ‘I can’t wait to clean out some shit today.”
― Choose Yourself
― Choose Yourself
“Once a line could truly be drawn in something other than sand, the notion of history as a progression became possible.”
― Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
― Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
“That accounted for almost half of my twenty bodies. The remainder slept or worked in the house Lieutenant Awn occupied—”
― Ancillary Justice
― Ancillary Justice
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