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Like in the joke, we do not gain happiness from good things happening to us as much as we got satisfaction hearing of others’ misfortunes.
“Two lanes are made into five lanes; one-way roads are definitely not one-way. An Indian sat nav probably just wishes you luck and tells you to go wherever you want.”
― The Moaning of Life: The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington
― The Moaning of Life: The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington
“remember being struck by how unfair society is, often to those who need its help the most.”
― Notorious
― Notorious
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live,”
― Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“I was given a cup of tea, but you’d never have guessed it was tea. They’d overdone it with the milk, and I can’t stand milky tea. Just writing ‘milky tea’ makes me gag, plus I always worry about drinking milk abroad after having a tiny bit in India that made me almost shit out a lung. I drank a little drop and was hoping to get it to”
― The Further Adventures of an Idiot Abroad
― The Further Adventures of an Idiot Abroad
“It isn’t that they cannot find the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem.” – G.K Chesterton”
― Heavy Brain: How to overcome late-night snacking, overeating, and other binge behaviour
― Heavy Brain: How to overcome late-night snacking, overeating, and other binge behaviour
Karmpaul’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karmpaul’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
590 books
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36 friends
367 books
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4 friends
311 books
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22 friends
301 books
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33 friends
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