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Jonas Salzgeber
“Know that sometimes things will not go your way even if you do your best, and regardless of whether you deserved it or not. Don’t confuse your aspirations with how the universe should turn out.”
Jonas Salzgeber, The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness

“So we talked about the weather and did the one thing we all knew how to do: get pissed. I watched stupendous bar bills turn into group song and shoving matches and urine and vomit well before the pubs closed their doors at eleven. One day, I thought, standing outside the toilet of a dodgy dance club, waiting for one of my new acquaintances to finish retching, one of these tossers is going to get himself elected to Parliament.”
Ryan Ruby, The Zero and the One

Hunter S. Thompson
“Look over there,” I said. “Two women fucking a polar bear.” “Please,” he said. “Don’t tell me those things. Not now.”
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary

Jonas Salzgeber
“The dog can either enjoy the ride and run smoothly alongside the cart, or he can stubbornly resist the direction of the cart while being dragged behind anyway. If we resist what happens, then we get dragged behind just like that dog. That’s called suffering.”
Jonas Salzgeber, The Little Book of Stoicism: Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness

Hunter S. Thompson
“Right next to me a huge reptile was gnawing on a woman’s neck, the carpet was a blood-soaked sponge—impossible to walk on it, no footing at all. “Order some golf shoes,” I whispered. “Otherwise, we’ll never get out of this place alive. You notice these lizards don’t have any trouble moving around in this muck—that’s because they have claws on their feet.”
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The captivating memoir of countercultural journalism and social commentary

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