"Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes."

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Source : Dave Eggers (2012). “A Hologram for the King”, p.180, McSweeney's

Dave Eggers

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“The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.”
“I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.”

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“Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.”

Source : Mat Johnson (2011). “Pym: A Novel”, p.8, Spiegel & Grau
“One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.”
“We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.”
“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”

Source : Adeline Yen Mah (1999). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
“Happiness is a decision, not an experience. You can decide to be happy without what you thought you needed in order to be happy, and you will be. Your experience is the result of your decision, not the cause of it.”
“God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas.”

Source : Ralph Hodgson, “Reason Has Moons”

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