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Even then I might not go. Frankly, I do not like the way death does business.”
“The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. There will be a wide margin for relaxation to his day. He is only earnest to secure the kernels of time, and does not exaggerate the value of the husk.”
― Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
― Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
“The condition of all who are engrossed is poor, but poorest is the condition of those who labour at engrossments that are not even their own, who regulate their sleep by that of another, their walk by the pace of another, who are under orders—loving and hating.”
― On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
― On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
“When we love our writing, we find time for it. The trick to finding writing time, then, is to write from love and not with an eye to product.”
― The Writer's Life: Insights from The Right to Write
― The Writer's Life: Insights from The Right to Write
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. FRIEDRICH ENGELS”
― Walking in This World
― Walking in This World
“The peasants of Aelfric are like bushes, like salamanders. They were born one thing and will die one thing. But you . . . you have already been a warrior, a king, and a serf, and from the looks of it, you aren't through yet. Thus, you have learned the secret of the new direction. That is: a man can be many things. Maybe anything.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
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