“I can be a regular bitch. Just try me.”
― The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
― The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
“Lesson number one: “Not my problem” is not a philosophy. It’s a mental illness. Right up there with pessimism. Other people’s problems are our problems. If your neighbor is laid off, you may feel as if you’ve dodged the bullet, but you haven’t. The bullet hit you as well. You just don’t feel the pain yet. Or as Ruut Veenhoven told me: “The quality of a society is more important than your place in that society.” In other words, better to be a small fish in a clean pond than a big fish in a polluted lake.”
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
“Nothing is worse than to finish a good shit, then reach over and find the toilet paper container empty. Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe his ass.”
― Factotum
― Factotum
“How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?”
― Between the Lines
― Between the Lines
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