“just remember that unlike adults, children want to be happy. So they still have the ability to take the greatest pleasure in the simplest things.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe.”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“Jokes were a good way to talk about something while acting like you weren’t really talking about it.”
― Cyclorama
― Cyclorama
“We’re all entitled to a bad day now and again, I heard Gran say in my head. But when they are all bad days, with no pleasant ones, then it’s time to reconsider things.”
― The Maid
― The Maid
“The more I study religion,” he wrote, “the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anyone but himself.”
― River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
― River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
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