"He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing."

-- Michael Lewis

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“Anybody can see that the little money you get is half-wasted, because you cannot spend it to advantage. The worst food comes to the poor, which their poverty makes them buy and their necessity makes them eat. Their stomachs are the waste-basket of the State. It is their lot to swallow all the adulterations on the market.”
“I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else.”
“Just now the lilac is in bloom All before my little room.”
“My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I go.”
“You obey Wade Barrett's orders and you disrespect every person who has ever been champion. Including yourself.”
“Thinking: this journey will be the axle of my life.”

Source : Charles Frazier (2007). “Cold Mountain: A Novel”, p.71, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I've always been a fan of vinyl. There's something about the ritual of it. Something about it holds its gravity, for some reason. Sometimes you'll put on music and the music fades into the background. But when you take that vinyl out and put it down, the music becomes the conversation as opposed to being the soundtrack to it.”
“Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.”

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