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One of the great understated tragedies of humankind was that people were always thinking about something.
“An adult considers constant repetition boring, because it requires reliving the same experience over and over again. But to preschoolers repetition isn't boring, because each time they watch something they are experiencing it in a completely different way.”
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“For many men in the quarter, unmarried and with no future to think of, the weekly drinking-bout was the one thing that made life worth living.”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“Death has a beauty to it. We don't see it because we don't want to. And that makes sense. Why would we want to focus on something that takes us away from everything we know? How do we even begin to understand that there's more than what we see?”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“What else is there to think about mate? Times like these, you get to the basics - what you eat, where you shit, finding a place to sleep. It's what keeps you sane.”
― The Piano Teacher
― The Piano Teacher
“When we read, we are capable of taking in only about one key word and then four characters to the left and fifteen characters to the right at any one time.”
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
― The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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