Zulhilmi Ghouse

“[On philosophizing] Sometimes you have to talk to find out what you think.”
― Dan Kieran, The Book of Idle Pleasures

“The word hammockable (describing two trees that are the perfect distance apart between which a hammock can be hung) is not in the dictionary, but it should be. [Of lying in hammocks]”
― Dan Kieran, The Book of Idle Pleasures

“The placebo effect has an evil twin known as the nocebo effect. This is when the expectation of harm or pain becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy, even in the absence of any known physical effect. One candidate for the nocebo effect is the discomfort some people report experiencing after using mobile phones. Scientists have failed to identify a physical cause, so it's possible the adverse effects are caused by negative beliefs about the technology.”
― Christian Jarrett, 30-Second Psychology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute

“Eastern races have but small appreciation of punctuality.”
― Ambrose B. Rathborne, Camping and Tramping in Malaya: Fifteen Years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula