“Death is a strange thing. People live their whole lives as if it does not exist, and yet it’s often one of the great motivations for living. Some of us, in time, become so conscious of it that we live harder, more obstinately, with more fury.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
― Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
“I don't want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic”
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“You see, the Highway to Hell is a toll road. Someone has to pay. And, guess what? It ain't gonna be me.”
― Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq
― Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq
“But sorrow is unreliable in that way. When people don’t share it there’s a good chance that it will drive them apart instead.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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