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I read this one a while ago, and I need to reread for a proper review. But in my memory I liked it so much, why did I give it three stars back in 2017? To be continued..2021 reread: Absolutely loved it. Couldn't stop reading even though I had read it ...more "
“Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“I'm convinced that a lot of people run ultramarathons for the same reason they take mood-altering drugs. I don't mean to minimize the gifts of friendship, achievement, and closeness to nature that I've received in my running carer. But the longer and farther I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind - a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.”
― Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
― Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
“The primary reason diseases tend to run in families may be that diets tend to run in families.”
― How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
― How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
“[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful.”
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“This fantasy that it is possible to fish sustainably, legally, and using workers with contracts, making a living wage, and still deliver a five-ounce can of skipjack tuna for $2.50 that ends up on the grocery shelf only days after the fish was pulled from the water thousands of mi,es away. Prices that low and efficiencies that tight come with hidden costs, and it is the manning agencies that help in the hiding.”
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
― The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
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