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He was sick of drinking, and sick of being sober, and regretting that those were essentially the only two options he, and everyone else, ever had.
“Put a man in a room for a hundred years with a thousand books, and he’ll know a million truths. Put him in a room for a year with silence, and he’ll know himself.”
― Empire of the Vampire
― Empire of the Vampire
“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.”
― The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
― The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
“You’re past is stone, but your future clay. And you decide the shape of the life you’ll make.”
― Empire of the Vampire
― Empire of the Vampire
“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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