"In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it."

-- Harlan Coben

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“I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.”

Source : Sarah Vowell (2001). “Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World”, p.208, Simon and Schuster
“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.”

Source : "George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol". Book by Linda O. McMurray, 1982.
“If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.”

Source : "'The End of Illness’ Author David Agus Answers Readers’ Questions" by Stephen J. Dubner, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.
“I had a stutter 'till... I still do today. I just work on it a lot. I obsess, if you will, with it, but I stuttered throughout my childhood.”
“In a sense the physical connectedness that you feel with your children as a mother changes as they become independent.”
“We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.”
“There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.”
“There's something beautifully soothing about a fact â€” even (or perhaps especially) if we're not sure what it means.”

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