"I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal."

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Source : Nick Hornby (2004). “The Polysyllabic Spree”, McSweeneys Books

Nick Hornby

#Book Quotes #Expression Quotes #Self Quotes

“Real ugly girls have it tough. I feel so sorry for them sometimes.”
“The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause and effect, and those who, numbed by isolation and despair, now seek meaning in a mythical world of intuition, a world that is no longer reality-based, a world of magic.”
“They [Greenpeace] forgot their original purpose and turned into a big, rich bureaucracy, more interested in fund-raising than in saving lives, so I got fed up and quit... they're a bunch of wimps.”
“Unselfish love does not exploit its object and it does not ask for anything in return.”
“If you don't like me, there must be something wrong with you.”
“Confidence is not some nonphysical quality snatched from the spiritual dimension and installed in the mind. It is the feeling that arises when the body's knowledge of itself is in harmony with a person's dreams.”

Source : Matt Fitzgerald (2010). “RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel”, p.27, VeloPress
“If silicon had been a gas I should have been a major-general.”
“Health insurance, which is exceedingly difficult to secure as an individual in New York. Obamacare, while certainly better than nothing, is pretty awful, and if you have a complicated health history, as I do, you need premium insurance, which means private insurance. The challenge, though, is finding a company that will give you the privilege of paying up to $1,400 a month for it. When I didn't have a job, I spent more time thinking about insurance - not just paying for it, but securing it in the first place - than I wanted to.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com

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