"Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug."

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Source : Brent Weeks (2012). “The Blinding Knife: Book 2 of Lightbringer”, p.75, Hachette UK

Brent Weeks

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“One thing I've discovered is that people in the military have a sense of purpose. They feel useful, and everything is laid out in front of them. What their job is, is very clear.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.”
“Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.”
“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”

Source : John Wanamaker (1923). “Maxims of Life and Business”
“[Locating, from scratch, the gene related to a disease is like] trying to find a burned-out light bulb in a house located somewhere between the East and West coasts without knowing the state, much less the town or street the house is on.”
“I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.”
“Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head.”

Source : Jasper Fforde (2004). “The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.50, Penguin
“I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water.”

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