Dustin Thomason > Quotes

“Even as I begin to realize the magnitude of what I’m doing, a thought occurs to me. Somewhere in the city of rebirth, Paul is lifting himself out of bed, staring out his window, and waiting. There are pigeons cooing on rooftops, cathedral bells tolling from towers in the distance. We are sitting here, continents apart, the same way we always did: at the edges of our mattresses, together. On the ceilings where I am going there will be saints and gods and flights of angels. Everywhere I walk there will be reminders of all that time can’t touch. My heart is a bird in a cage, ruffling its wings with the ache of expectation.
In Italy, the sun is rising.”
― Dustin Thomason, The Rule of Four

“The correct way to think about an extended warranty is: What’s my probability of a total loss? Multiply that by the total cost.”
― Dustin Thomason, Winning With Money

“O tempo é uma coisa muito estranha. Pesa mais para aqueles que o têm a menos.”
― Dustin Thomason, The Rule of Four

“Michael Berry wrote a paper called Regular and Irregular Motion. He determined the predictability of the path of a struck billiards ball. The path after the first impact is easy to determine with basic geometry. The second path is a bit harder, but still relatively easy. By the 9th impact Berry determined that the gravitational pull of a person standing next to the table had enough of an influence on the ball path that it was necessary to be included in the calculations.”
― Dustin Thomason, Winning With Money