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“Modesty is a virtue,” he would later write, “yet one gets further without it.”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“Take off the mask. You aren’t happy? Fine, you aren’t happy. One day you will be. And then you’ll be sad again. Accept that and stop wasting your energy chasing something that doesn’t exist. You can’t spend your life feeling bad about feeling bad.”
― I've never been (Un)happier
― I've never been (Un)happier
“If you know the question, you know half.”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“I am who I am in the now, and I have to work my life around that. That isn’t giving up; it’s adjusting to the reality of my condition and giving myself a higher chance of living a successful life by not chasing after unrealistic goals.”
― I've never been (Un)happier
― I've never been (Un)happier
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